Horizon Europe call HORIZON-CL2-2026-01-DEMOCRACY-02 funds research into how local democratic practice works in low- and low-middle income countries, including fragile contexts, decentralisation, and the link between public service delivery and pro-democratic sentiment. EUR 12 million, deadline 23 September 2026.
Analyzing 255 million paragraphs from 128,860 Form 10-K filings (2003–2025), this paper introduces the first scalable LLM-based measure of firm-level climate adaptation. Pre-event physical protection mitigates hurricane stock market losses by up to 37%, but financially constrained firms underadapt precisely when it matters most.
ecoCompute 2025 brings together software developers, hardware designers, and data center professionals to create a sustainable digital future in Berlin this November.
Explore the ESA Climate Change Initiative (CCI)—an open data platform providing satellite-based climate data and tools for risk assessment and adaptation planning.
Horizon Europe call HORIZON-CL2-2026-01-TRANSFO-10 funds a single SSH-STEM Action at European level: a new monitoring and impact evaluation framework, annual reporting on SSH-STEM cooperation, guidelines and training, and a science-for-policy forum. EUR 3.5 million, deadline 23 September 2026.
The idea that there is a global crisis of trust in scientists turns out to be largely a narrative, not a fact. A landmark 68-country survey finds most people trust scientists — but nuances around conservative politics, science-related populism, and research priority gaps matter enormously for science communication.
Open data for infrastructure climate risk assessment and resilience.
A look into 'AI for Low Carbon Cities,' focusing on AI’s impact on making urban spaces greener and more efficient.
Horizon Europe call HORIZON-CL2-2026-01-DEMOCRACY-05 funds a single four-year network bringing together academia, public bodies, and civil society around inclusive democracy and intersectionality, with a dedicated online platform and repository at its core. EUR 4.5 million, deadline 23 September 2026.
An EU-funded project combining universities and fact-checking organizations across Europe to build educational escape rooms that teach young people to recognize disinformation — open source, multilingual, and designed for schools.
Open data for climate change projections and risk assessment from the IPCC.
The line between grassroots activism and automated influence is collapsing. A new paper by Anton Gollwitzer, Jonas R. Kunst, Gary Marcus, and others introduces 'cyborg propaganda' — AI-assisted campaigns that use real, verified humans as distribution channels for algorithmically optimized messages.
