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science communication

From Science to Practice: The Institute of Agricultural Resources and Economics' Contribution to the Future of Agriculture

ResearchThe Institute of Agricultural Resources and Economics (AREI) is one of Latvia’s leading research institutions in agriculture, bioeconomy, and rural development. With more than 100 years of experience in crop breeding and agricultural research, the Institute develops science-based solutions …

The Institute of Agricultural Resources and Economics

August 24, 2026

international collaboration research

Representatives of Latvia’s science and innovation ecosystem are invited to share their views on the future of the EIT

The European Commission invites representatives of the science, innovation, and business ecosystem to provide their views on the review of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) Regulation and the EIT Strategic Innovation Agenda. EIT is an important part of the Europea…

Latvian Council of Science

August 21, 2026

research natural sciences

New Horizon Europe project at ISSP UL for sustainable battery recycling

The Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia (ISSP UL), has become part of the new Horizon Europe project CIRCULOOP (High-Throughput Circular Closed-Loop Direct Recycling for Low-Value Battery Chemistries in European Gigafactories). With the support of the BATT4EU partnership, a three…

University of Latvia

August 21, 2026

science communication

European Researchers’ Night 2026 will take place across Latvia on 25 September

At European Researchers’ Night events, everyone will have the opportunity to get to know science more closely. In one evening, at more than 30 locations across Latvia, visitors will be able to meet researchers, get a glimpse into the everyday world of science, and take part in experiments, workshop…

Latvijas Zinātnes padome/ ResearchLatvia

August 20, 2026

innovation research

Latvian startup develops underwater drones for critical infrastructure protection

Latvian science-based technology, or Deep Tech startup SIA “SUBmerge Baltic” is developing autonomous underwater drones designed for infrastructure inspections, port security, hydrography, mine clearance, and other complex underwater tasks. The company has been operating in the market since 2022, f…

Investment and Development Agency of Latvia

August 20, 2026

social sciences

Digitalization must not push older employees out of the labour market

The rapid development of digital technologies is changing the working environment across different professions and generations. The international research network DIGI-net, which also involves researchers from Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU), examines how digitalization affects people in the later s…

Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte

August 19, 2026

innovation research international collaboration

RTU announces a competition for the development of master’s theses within a major construction innovation project

An opportunity to receive remuneration and spend three months conducting research for a master’s thesis at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) – this is what the Faculty of Civil and Mechanical Engineering of Riga Technical University (RTU) is offering student…

Riga Technical University

August 19, 2026

research public health

Latvia to establish the first One Health Centre of Excellence in the Baltics

The government decision adopted today, 18 August, to allocate co-financing will enable the implementation of the major research initiative “Centre of Excellence for an Integrated One Health Ecosystem” by Latvian scientific institutions, which received support in April this year in a project call un…

Izglītības un zinātnes ministrija/ Research Latvia

August 18, 2026

humanities and arts

Underwater archaeological excavations have been carried out in Lake Indzers for the first time in Latvia

At the beginning of August, archaeological research was carried out on Cepurīte Island in Lake Indzers, Alūksne Municipality, within the framework of the project “Archaeological Heritage of Inland Waters: Islands and Lake Dwellings in Latvian Lakes”, implemented by the Institute of Culture and Arts…

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