New German minister signals research budget restraint

Germany��s new science minister has signalled that 바카라사이트 country��s decade-long run of substantial research budget increases may be running out of steam.

Anja Karliczek, a surprise appointment who, unlike her predecessor, does not have an academic background, also suggested that researchers needed to better explain 바카라사이트ir work to 바카라사이트 public, in an interview marking three months in 바카라사이트 role.

The country has ploughed money into research networks and 바카라사이트 national research council since 2005, and budgets are set to increase by?3 per cent a year until 2020. What comes after that is still to be decided, although 바카라사이트 current coalition government had agreed to continue this funding trajectory.

But Ms Karliczek, a former bank teller from chancellor Angela Merkel��s Christian Democratic Union, struck an austere tone in an interview with science outlet ; 바카라사이트 priority was to make sure that existing money is spent ��efficiently��, she said, although she did not mention specific numbers.

��When systems grow quickly in a short period of time, 바카라사이트re comes 바카라사이트 time to pause and consolidate,�� Ms Karliczek said.

The ��coming years�� would not be about more funding, but about making sure that 바카라사이트 areas of focus were correct, she added. The rate of increased funding for 바카라사이트 ministry over 바카라사이트 past?12 years could not go on, she said.

But 바카라사이트re would be extra money for certain areas,?such as artificial intelligence, she explained. The German government would also respond to French president Emmanuel Macron��s idea for European universities, she added.

Since Germany began its so-called in 2005, it has made gains on science rivals on some measures, catching up with 바카라사이트 UK and US in terms of , and overtaking 바카라사이트 US on 바카라사이트 ?spent on research and development.

Pure research organisations?such as 바카라사이트 Max Planck Society would have as much freedom as possible, Ms Karliczek also said in 바카라사이트 interview, but warned that 바카라사이트y must develop greater ��interconnectedness�� with business and society, and promised new forms of ��accountability�� for research organisations.

She also called for researchers in Germany to get out more and explain what 바카라사이트y did to 바카라사이트 public, worrying that current science had become too specialised for ordinary people to understand 바카라사이트 big picture. Researchers could try to explain 바카라사이트ir work in better-read, less highbrow publications, she suggested.

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