The magazine of the european research area European Commission Copenhagen, a missed chance?

    People, the economy 

and our planet

2009, 36 pp, 

ISBN 978-92-79-11952-1

This publication spotlights the 

contribution to sustainable develop-

ment by European research in the 

socio-economic and human sciences. 

It is based on the proceedings of 

discussions during the conference 

entitled “Sustainable development: 

a challenge for European research”, 

held in Brussels in May 2009. 

    Science at the service 

of Europe

2009, 90 pp, 

ISBN 978-92-79-12961-2

Far from being an indigestible mass 

of figures, this activity report gives 

an attractively illustrated overview 

of the European research activities 

undertaken by the European 

Commission Directorate-General 

for Research in 2008. The report is 

divided into 20 sections covering 

themes as diverse as health, agricul-

ture and nanotechnologies, as well 

as research infrastructure and 

the relationship between science 

and society.