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Call for applications: membership of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies


25 February 2021

The European Commission launched a call for applications for membership of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE), open until 22 March. The 15 successful candidates will serve in their personal capacity to provide independent ethical advice to the highest political level of the EU for a term of at least three years.


The EGE provides guidance to the highest political level of the European Commission, reporting to the Commission President, and to the College of Commissioners as a whole, and acting under the direct responsibility of the European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth.

The group’s tasks shall be to provide the Commission with independent advice on questions where ethical, societal and fundamental rights dimensions intersect with the development of science and new technologies, either at the request of the Commission or on its own initiative, expressed through its chairperson and agreed with the responsible Commission department.

The call for applications specifies the selection criteria and application process. Questions related to the application process can be addressed to EC-ETHICS-GROUP@ec.europa.eu.

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