Face-to-face event
"Supercomputer Breakfast": How to leverage European money and harness HPC power
2025-11-28
9:00 am
Latvijas Universitātes Zinātņu māja
collaboration research
Science Doesn't Begin in the Laboratory, but in the Classroom
We often think of science as something complex, distant, and difficult to apply in everyday life. Some people react sceptically when they hear that resources have been invested in one study or another, questioning its necessity and sometimes not even understanding its purpose. And at the same time,…
Vineta Silkāne, Representative of the Independent Education Association, Associate Professor at Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences
November 20, 2025
international collaboration
Latvian, Lithuanian and Taiwanese Researchers Continue Cooperation with New Projects in Biomedicine, Materials Science, Environmental and Sports Sciences
Four new joint projects in biomedicine, materials science, environmental and sports sciences have been supported in this year's Latvia-Lithuania-Taiwan scientific cooperation competition. They will be implemented from 2026 to 2028, while eight previously initiated projects will also continue to rec…
Ministry of Education and Science | researchLatvia
November 20, 2025
science communication researcher social sciences
November Research Spotlight Baiba Tjarve: Cultural Research Builds a Bridge Between Science and Society
Cultural and art research is one of those scientific fields that provides an opportunity to see connections within society and to find answers to questions about human values, participation, and cultural processes. The study of this area reveals both the paths of past development and the perspectiv…
researchLatvia
November 19, 2025
research innovation
Latvian Scientists Develop More Environmentally Friendly Food Packaging
Every day, we purchase food products packaged in various materials, yet many of them cannot be recycled after use. To address this, researchers at the Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies (LBTU) are developing new types of packaging. Ideas developed in the laboratory are already bein…
Uldis Birziņš, Latvian Television
November 19, 2025
Workshop
Workshop "Colours and Life in The Universe"
2025-11-20
All day
Latvijas Universitātes Zinātņu māja
space
Latvian Delegation Participates in the U.S. "Open World" Program on the Commercial Use of Space Technologies
At the beginning of November, a Latvian delegation participated in the “Open World” leadership exchange program mission, “Commercial Utilisation of Space Technologies.” The program is administered by the Congressional Office for International Leadership. It aims to strengthen cooperation betwe…
researchLatvia
November 14, 2025
Discussion
Roundtable discussion on Knowledge Security
2025-11-20
5:00 pm
Raiņa bulvāris 19, Rīga
collaboration research science policy
The Ministry of Education and Science Hosts the Ninth Meeting of the Innovation and Research Governance Council
On November 13, 2025, the members of the Innovation and Research Governance Council (IRMC) met to hear the Ministry of Economics’ (ME) informative report on the RIS3 monitoring process, the development of sectoral strategy guidelines, and progress to date. The Ministry of Education and Science repr…
Ministry of Education and Science
November 14, 2025
