"We are not going to solve the challenges that Europe faces without a massive injection of #science to help us understand these complex problems and come up with viable solutions", reminds David Mair @DavidMair4.bsky.social (EU_ScienceHub) during our Final PRO-RES Conference.

European Policy Centre EU_ScienceHub PRO-RES My remarks are based on this EU_ScienceHub report (available in EN, FR, DE, ES, IT) knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu/projects-activ…

Now @GabiLombardo2 who is part of the #PRORES project says scientists need to cite their sources - and moderator Jacki Davis says all knowledge producers need to do this.

"Politicians have gotten out of the habit of being able to think critically. We need evidence-based policy making but also intelligence-based policy making - we need trustworthy evidence but also politicians that think straight." Roger Casale FRSA, Executive Director at @NewEuropeans

And Fabian Zuleeg extends this to thinktanks, consultancy etc - the influential but inconsistent and unregulated advisory sector #PRORES

A call from David Mair @DavidMair4.bsky.social for more work to build on #PRORES progress, and in particular for funders to take note - structural incentives are needed within the research community.

European Policy Centre EU_ScienceHub PRO-RES And if you are interested in opening up both the scientific and policy processes to more citizen engagement, come and join us at this launch event. x.com/EU_ScienceHub/…

Question from #PRORES conference moderator Jacki Davis: how do we incentivize the policy makers? Roger Casale FRSA suggests that the incentive is to avoid the potentially catastrophic consequences of policy that is not based on evidence from ethical research.

☝️ Knowledge doesn’t just come from the scientific environment ➙ think tanks & other non-research organisations. ➙ “Policymakers should cite their sources. Then you know the pathway from evidence to policy. You need that to build a community of trust.” @GabiLombardo2 European Policy Centre

A view from @GabiLombardo2 that politicians are in office for such a short period that they don't think it matters if they tell lies because by the time the truth comes out they will have moved on. #PRORES

In the non-academic sector, says Fabian Zuleeg, there are incentives to behave unethically and far less transparency because much of the work is done in informal ways #PRORES

@nfdotti PRO-RES This might be helpful epc.eu/en/publication…

We only had three years for the #PRORES project, says @GabiLombardo2, and we need a PRO-RES 2 because there is a great deal still to be done.

Delighted to announce that SOPs4RI coordinator @MejlgaardNiels is participating at the "Expanding horizons for Research Integrity practice" panel discussion, in the context of the ENRIO2021 Congress (Monday, 27 September, 13.30-14.45 CEST): enrio.eu/congress2021/w…

Very excited to kick-start ROSiE Responsible Open Science in Europe cross SwafS stakeholder Forum for responsible open science! This Thursday, 30 September, 15 EC-funded projects are going to share their experiences and best practices.

We are excited to announce the launch of a new version of the SOPs4RI toolbox. Now you can find 86 tools, 14 of which were created with the valuable contribution of the stakeholders who participated at the co-creation workshops. sops4ri.eu/toolbox/

Understand the real reasons reproducibility reform fails nature.com/articles/d4158…

Half of top cancer studies fail high-profile reproducibility effort nature.com/articles/d4158…

Replicating scientific results is tough — but essential nature.com/articles/d4158…

So happy to have another VIRT2UE training today in the snow-capped Athens! VStavridi is training early-career researchers of Chemeng NTUA.