JOINSTM Chapter | Europe
The STM Europe group closely monitors developments in European Union legislation, sharing intelligence and coordinating activity of STM and its members specifically in Brussels. It is made up of STM staff and representatives of STM members who actively have presence in Brussels, ideally with expertise in lobbying and government relations. Meetings take place once per month.
The activity of the STM Europe group is in support of and complementary to that of the standing STM Committees and Forums. Learn more about how we are structured.
STM Europe provides recommendations on how to best broadcast the work of STM, discusses advocacy activities to implement in Brussels and creates opportunities for STM and its members to communicate on their key messages.
The latest policy updates from the EU
EU Commission publishes feasibility study on TDM right reservation registry
The EU Commission has published a feasibility study looking into the possibility of setting up a registry for text and data mining (TDM). The proposed registry would facilitate the expression by rightsholders of right reservation on their content for TDM purposes (which preserves licensing routes) and, at the same time, make it easier for AI companies to…
EU COM group on generative AI use in science
STM participates in a working group that the EU COM runs on AI in science, which last month published the third version of ‘Living guidelines on the responsible use of generative AI in research’. Further thematic working groups have now been set up to consider updates on the use of AI in evaluation of proposals,…
EU Parliament event on research integrity highlights collective responsibility
On 10 June, the European Parliament’s STOA panel (on the future of science and technology) held a session highlighting AI, system-level misaligned incentives, and research culture as key factors behind the rise in research integrity issues. Several speakers encouraged a focus on the reasons motivating misconduct rather than on post-fact enforcement, although the importance of…
EU Commission’s consultation on TDM rights reservation protocols
The European Commission is exploring methods for reserving TDM/AI rights, with a view to making the most mature ones mandatory for AI companies to read and respect under the AI Act’s Code of Practice. A first workshop took place on 2 June, with TDMRep emerging as the protocol with the most support among rightsholders. STM…