Brexit and research – What we know and what we don’t know

28 March 2018 by Joe Edwards, Public Affairs Adviser

Last Friday (23 March) the UK Government and the EU agreed the terms of a Brexit transition deal – this…

Scientific collaboration: The Netherlands meets the UK

6 March 2018 by Laura Wilton, Senior Policy Adviser

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch scientist and Fellow of the Royal Society, is reported to have said: ‘Whenever I found out…

A snapshot of UK research infrastructures

6 February 2018 by Eleanor Beal, Senior Policy Adviser

Research infrastructures are a crucial, but sometimes overlooked, part of the research and innovation landscape in the UK. The Royal…

Climate Change – the COP mystery explained

6 February 2018 by Hélène Margue, Policy Advisor - Resilient Futures

When I tell people that I went to COP23 they usually reply with a polite but slightly confused smile. COP23?…

Czeching in on science: 5 countries in 40 hours!

26 January 2018 by Laura Wilton, Senior Policy Adviser

Last week, the Society’s Foreign Secretary and I visited the Czech Republic and Slovakia, to find out more about science…