Latest events
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Annual lectures - 2011 - Sustainable management of natural resources
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Workshops - Risk governance of manufactured nanoparticles
21-11-2011Review of the current regulatory strategies for the risk governance of Manufactured Nanoparticles in the face of scientific uncertainties: challenges, state-of –the- art, concerns, needs and communica... -
Workshops - Chemistry for a better life
09-11-2011The aim of the workshop, organized by STOA in cooperation with the European Association for Chemical and Molecular Sciences (EuCheMS) and the European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic), is to highligh...
Latest studies
Copyright in the EU - What Next ?
03-2011On October 12, 2010 the Science and Technology Options Assessment Panel (STOA) together with Technopolis Consulting Group supported by Knowledge4Innovation/The Lisbon Forum, and TNO, organised a half-...
Current Policy Issues in the Governance of the European Patent System
12-2009The European Parliament has been working towards building a discussion platform and a resource for further policy actions in the field of intellectual property rights. The Science and Technology Optio...
Towards an Intellectual Property Rights Strategy for Innovation in Europe
12-2009On October 13, 2009 the Science and Technology Options Assessment Panel (STOA) together with Knowledge4Innovation/The Lisbon Forum, supported by Technopolis Consulting Group and TNO, organised a half-...
Highlighted study
Future Energy Systems in Europe
10-2009
The European energy sector faces critical challenges in the future. In order to shed light on different pathways towards achieving these goals a number of energy scenarios for the EU27 have been devel...
STOA at a glance
We break the gap between policy makers of European Parliament Committees and independent experts in the field of Science & Technology by providing Options Assessments.