European Research Day is the annual flagship event of EURAXESS ASEAN. In 2020, this virtual edition for Thailand took place in partnership with the European Union Delegation to Thailand and the much appreciated support of the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) and Mahidol University. Mr. Giuseppe Busini, Deputy Head of the EU Delegation to Thailand led the event and shared the aspects of the strong relationship of the...

With the successfully completed EU Online Talk, the Horizon2020 funded CARe project, which supports labour market integration of researchers with refugee background, is slowly coming to its official end in December 2020. Nevertheless, the connections established in the framework of the project will be strongly fostered and the project’s results will be regularly updated and disseminated in the future. The Online Talks provided a chance to...

  The final CARe Online Talk: Labour market integration of researchers at risk/with refugee background will take place on 20 November 2020, at 11:00 CET. The CARe project, which aims at supporting the integration of researchers at risk/with refugee background, is reaching its final phase and at this occasion the CARe Country Guides have been published and a number of CARe Online Talks have been organised. During this final talk, key findings of...

The final of the Coimbra Group Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition will take place on 22 October at 10 CET. Watch live on YouTube the three pitches from the three finalists, followed by the announcement of the winner of the 2020 edition. The Coimbra Group, a network of 41 long-established European Universities, has been holding a network-wide 3MT competition since 2017. This year, the association’s flagship event on Science Communication will...

On 30 September, the Commission adopted a Communication on a new European Research Area for Research and Innovation. Based on excellence, the new European Research Area will improve Europe’s research and innovation landscape, accelerate the EU’s transition towards climate neutrality and digital leadership, support its recovery from the societal and economic impact of the coronavirus crisis, and strengthen its resilience against future crises....

The MSCA Conference Achieving more together will take place on 29 September as a virtual event. The event will be hosted by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the first Conference under the German Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The Conference will address two main topics: synergies between the MSCA and the European Universities Initiative, and supervision in the MSCA and beyond. Furthermore, the fellows for...

The European Commission’s annual Research and Innovation flagship event will take place on 22 – 24 September as a virtual event. The R...

Within the framework of CARe project, which aims to support the integration of refugee researchers into the European research labour market, three reports on labour market conditions for researchers with a refugee background have just been published. Two reports comprise extensive findings from the 10 focus groups and the employer survey, conducted in the period June 2019 – February 2020 to gather researchers and employers' views and...

Take part in Vitae Connections Week 2020 (#VitaeCon2020); a collection of live and on demand opportunities for knowledge and practice sharing, networking and discussion among those with an interest in researcher development globally. The week of online activities will run from 14 to 17 September and will include live-streamed keynote presentations, small-group interactive and discussion sessions, our popular poster session and exhibition area...

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused millions of people in the EU to lose their jobs or experience significant income loss. Many will need to acquire new skills for new jobs in different sectors or upskill to keep their job in a new work environment. For many young people, entry in the labour market will be very challenging. The pandemic has proven that digital skills are not an asset for career progress but essential in many aspects of our lives....