Our Current Projects

This joint project with the Federation of European Academies of Medicine (FEAM) will use case studies to explore how the…

This project is exploring the use of different new technologies (e.g., cultivated meat and precision fermentation),…

As part of its strategy to combat global warming by reducing the emission of greenhouse gases, the European Union (EU),…

Until recently, human genetic testing was mainly confined to specialist medical genetic services, traditionally focusing…

Agriculture in Europe faces some major challenges, associated with the need to deliver food security worldwide at a time…

The European Academies Science Advisory Council (EASAC), which is formed by the National Science Academies of the…

Concentrating solar power (CSP) sits alongside photovoltaic electricity generation as a commercially available renewable…

Summaries of the EASAC report: European Public Health and Innovation Policy for Infectious Disease: The View from EASAC …

Nanotechnology and its importance for Europe Nanotechnology encompasses the design, characterisation, production and…

There have been major advances during the past century in research into and treatment of infectious disease. However,…

Synthetic biology covers the design and construction of novel biological components, systems and processes "that are not…

Summary: What is the importance of groundwater for Europe? When rain or snow falls on land, some of the water runs…

Climate exerts both direct and indirect effects on the appearance and spread of human and animal infectious diseases.…

Abstract: European energy policy seeks to achieve a substantially increased contribution from renewable sources of…

Healthcare-associated infections are an increasing problem for the European Union. Many Member States are spending a…

Worldwide, more than nine million people develop active tuberculosis (TB) every year, with 1.7 million dying from the…

Abstract: The life support systems that are provided by the environment (ecosystem services) are undervalued by…

Abstract: Most new human pathogens reported in the past 25 years, such as influenza and SARS, have zoonotic origins.…

Abstract: EASAC believes there is a need for carefully selected research questions to be answered with the use of…

Abstract: The healthcare screening and treatment processes for migrants entering the EU need to be better evaluated…

Abstract: A study on the EU oil shale industry – viewed in the light of the Estonian experience A report by EASAC to…

Abstract: Deaths from previously treatable infections will become more common unless there is investment in the…