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Europe launches a drive to attract scientists and researchers

by benkan on 5/6/25, 6:30 AM with 4 comments

• by lwo32k on 5/6/25, 8:47 AM

  But no real work happens there imho. Everyone knows it, so everyone is on holiday most of the year enjoying the food, drink and chateaus. I worked on a project there where literally every week, some one up the food who was required to sign off on something would be on leave. We had to wait months to get all stake holders in a room. And even after that decisions would take their own sweet time cuz the French will want some contract to go to the French, the Germans to Germans etc. It was nuts. I couldn't work out how anything big gets done. Nor could I work out how anything that is already big even runs. It's more an amusement park. Don't look behind the curtains.

• by andsoitis on 5/6/25, 6:40 AM

  > More than 380 grant projects have been cut so far, including work to combat internet censorship in China and Iran and a project consulting with Indigenous communities to understand environmental changes in Alaska’s Arctic region.

  I do not know that these are two strong examples in favor of an argument that important research is being cut.

  If anyone thinks they are, I would be curious to hear whether the EU would fund these two projects.

• by jvdsf on 5/6/25, 6:59 AM

  Yes, consider moving to Germany. You might find a place where you can thrive, but also face an emotional breakdown. Willkommen in Deutschland.