Prof. Krzysztof Jóźwiak, Director of the National Science Centre, has been elected to the Science Europe 2025–2027 Governing Board, which plays a key role in shaping strategic direction of Science Europe, an organisation connecting major European research funding agencies and research institutions.
Science Europe brings together 40 institutions from 30 countries and represents them in dialogue with EU institutions, prepares research policy recommendations, and reinforces international collaboration and research funding standards. The NCN has been a member of Science Europe since 2012, and as such has actively participated in its working groups, advanced research policy consultations and initiatives advancing research development across Europe.
Science Europe 2025–2027 Governing Board Members:
- President (second term of office): Mari Sundli Tveit (Research Council of Norway)
- Vice-President: Marcel Levi (Dutch Research Council, NWO)
- Vice-President: Francisco Javier Moreno Fuentes (Spanish National Research Council, CSIC)
- Katja Becker (German Research Foundation, DFG)
- Katarina Bjelke (Swedish Research Council, VR)
- Anna Di Ciaccio (National Institute for Nuclear Physics, INFN)
- Tjaša Dobnik (Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency, ARIS)
- Christoff Gattringer (Austrian Science Fund, FWF)
- Krzysztof Jóźwiak (National Science Centre, NCN)
- Torsten Schwede (Swiss National Science Foundation, SNSF)
- Christopher Smith (UK Research and Innovation, UKRI)
The Governing Board was elected at the General Assembly of Science Europe in Oslo, on 18-20 November. The event was accompanied by the annual High-Level Workshop on the European Research Area, a platform to discuss priorities of the next Framework Programme (FP10) to replace Horizon Europe, science diplomacy, responsible international collaboration, research culture, etc..
