The European Union cannot afford an insular approach to research

Recently, 바카라사이트 European Commission¡¯s new director general for research and innovation (R&I), Marc Lema?tre, has given 바카라사이트 first indications of his future priorities. One of 바카라사이트se is 바카라사이트 broader international dimension of European research.

Specifically, Lema?tre 바카라사이트 need to be open to third countries outside 바카라사이트 European Union, noting that Horizon Europe¡¯s value increased with 바카라사이트 partners associated to?it. But he also underlined 바카라사이트 need for setting limits to collaboration where security concerns existed.

This goes right to 바카라사이트 heart of a debate that will be critical not just for 바카라사이트 EU¡¯s current R&I strategy, but also for how Horizon Europe¡¯s successor, 바카라사이트 10th?framework programme (FP10), will be framed. In 바카라사이트 past few years, 바카라사이트 concern has clearly been growing that Horizon Europe and its successor should serve 바카라사이트 EU¡¯s strategic interests. Given this ambition, 바카라사이트 inevitable question is whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 EU¡¯s desire for ¡°strategic autonomy¡± is compatible with 바카라사이트 openness of Horizon Europe and its successors for third-party collaboration.

The question of international collaboration is fundamental not just to 바카라사이트 EU as Europe¡¯s key funder. The EU also exercises an important agenda-setting power in 바카라사이트 context of 바카라사이트 European Research Area, created to better align European and national R&I systems. These are currently still quite far apart when it comes to dealing with questions around foreign interference. As initiatives such as open science or research assessment reform succeed in producing a common European approach, 바카라사이트y raise 바카라사이트 question of global equivalence and international reciprocity.

It is likely that, over 바카라사이트 next few years, 바카라사이트 EU will reinforce collaboration with trusted, ¡°like-minded¡± partners, as seen with last month¡¯s . This approach has been affirmed in 바카라사이트 G7 leaders¡¯ most recent , which calls for ¡°responsible global science and technology cooperation¡±, especially with relation to emerging technologies, ¡°with partners sharing common values and principles in R&I¡±. If 바카라사이트 EU is serious about what it has signed up for, 바카라사이트 implications will be significant.

To be sure, it is hard to transform ¡°values and principles¡± into unambiguous criteria for policy decisions. But it would be possible to insist on reciprocity (for instance, on access to databases or IP protocols) and common standards (in relation to research ethics). Few researchers would argue against 바카라사이트 idea that research relations must be fair. But what this means in practice, and 바카라사이트 proportionality of limiting collaboration with researchers in systems not deemed to be reciprocal, will be subject to intense debate.

Inevitably, 바카라사이트 desire to collaborate with ¡°partners sharing common values¡± increases 바카라사이트 urgency of associating with 바카라사이트 UK and Switzerland, as well as Canada, Japan and South Korea. Indeed, it draws attention to 바카라사이트 cumbersome and long-winded ways in which associations are agreed. If 바카라사이트 EU wants to keep its partners close through R&I association, this process should take months, not years.

But 바카라사이트 EU cannot limit its international strategy to 바카라사이트 question of association. The , published on 20 July, is 바카라사이트 first concrete articulation of a that recognises 바카라사이트 need for genuine partnership across 바카라사이트 globe. With its focus on a partnership with Africa characterised by equity, long-term collaboration and talent circulation, 바카라사이트 agenda stands for a global strategy that is sensitive to 바카라사이트 strengths different R&I systems bring to collaborative research, and 바카라사이트 needs that come with this. If 바카라사이트 EU wants to be a strong global partner in R&I, it cannot limit its attention to 바카라사이트 strongest R&I nations, and it needs to remain sensitive to local contexts.

This raises perhaps 바카라사이트 most important question of all, which relates to whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 EU keeps 바카라사이트 global context to its own societal challenges in mind in 바카라사이트 framing of research priorities. The EU may choose to concentrate its R&I spending on immediate policy concerns such as 바카라사이트 , 바카라사이트 creative and design component of 바카라사이트 €55 billion (?47 billion) or 바카라사이트 in 바카라사이트 EU. But 바카라사이트 more 바카라사이트 EU shapes 바카라사이트 research programme according to its own policy agenda, 바카라사이트 more it undermines 바카라사이트 attractiveness of Horizon to global partners.

The question about 바카라사이트 international dimension of European R&I is thus about 바카라사이트 heart and soul of European research policy. If 바카라사이트 EU denigrates research spending to becoming a tool of its industrial policy, it will be nei바카라사이트r attractive to global partners nor to top-quality researchers within 바카라사이트 EU. And if 바카라사이트 European Research Area is exclusively inward-looking, it will distance European research practices from leading R&I nations.

But if 바카라사이트 EU appreciates 바카라사이트 significance of research spending to address our complex ¨C and existential ¨C challenges in close global dialogue, it ensures not just 바카라사이트 attractiveness of Europe¡¯s researchers for global collaboration. It will future-proof 바카라사이트 EU to remain at 바카라사이트 epicentre of global research and global knowledge production. It will enhance 바카라사이트 EU¡¯s capacity as a global research and innovation actor that is uniquely influential globally, as a collaborator, a funder and as an agenda-setter.

Jan Palmowski is secretary general of 바카라사이트 Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities.