science policy

The Berlin University Alliance has won the Excellence Competition. Thomas Sommer, Scientific Director (interim) of the MDC) congratulated the alliance, which includes three Berlin universities and Charité University Hospital.

The shady practices of predatory publishers have been making headlines in recent weeks. Professor Martin Lohse, Scientific Director at the MDC, explains in the following interview why these practices pose a risk to the overall credibility of science.

EU-LIFE, the alliance of 13 leading life science research institutes in Europe, urges the European Parliament and the EU Council to push for a strong Horizon Europe.