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Views from a continent in flux

Nature asked nine leading Europeans to pick their top priority for science at this pivotal point. Love, money, and trust got most votes.
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  1. Carlos Moedas

    1. European Commissioner, Research, Science and Innovation.

  2. Isabelle Vernos

    1. Member of the European Research Council Scientific Council, and ICREA Research Professor, Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, Spain.

  3. Stephan Kuster

    1. Secretary-general of Science Europe, Brussels, Belgium.

  4. Helga Nowotny

    1. Founding member and former president of the ERC, and professor emerita of science and technology studies, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

  5. Andrea Saltelli

    1. Professor at the Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities, University of Bergen, Norway, and visiting fellow, Open University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain.

  6. Alina Mungiu-Pippidi

    1. Professor of democracy studies, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Germany.

  7. Jan Wouter Vasbinder

    1. Director, Para Limes, Valkenburg, the Netherlands

  8. Daniel R. Brooks

    1. Visiting senior fellow, Institute of Advanced Studies, Köszeg, Hungary.

  9. Patrick Cunningham

    1. Professor of animal genetics, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

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Nature 569, 481-484 (2019)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-01569-w

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