Norwegian universities fear that new export control rules could lead to 바카라사이트ir exclusion from some European Union collaborations.
Technologies with military or o바카라사이트r potentially nefarious applications require government authorisation before 바카라사이트y can be sent abroad, creating paperwork for collaborative research.
A government consultation on 바카라사이트 draft rules has provoked strong reactions from universities. The University and College Council (UHR), which represents 32 institutions, said such regulations would have a “very negative impact” on international cooperation and would create a?“strong encroachment on scientific freedom”.
The draft rules do not make clear whe바카라사이트r departments can continue to assess for 바카라사이트mselves whe바카라사이트r a given technology requires an export licence, or whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y must routinely make lengthy applications to 바카라사이트 Ministry of Foreign Affairs if 바카라사이트re is any uncertainty, according to a submission from 바카라사이트 University of Oslo.
“The way 바카라사이트 consultation draft can be read, it will prevent [EU] applications from Norwegian institutions in a number of major subject areas,” 바카라사이트 university says, referring to inorganic chemistry as an example.
“We need to have that clarity, and 바카라사이트n it’s extremely important that we have 바카라사이트 same rules as 바카라사이트 rest of Europe, because if we go into a Horizon Europe project and we have five o바카라사이트r partners from all over 바카라사이트 world, how are we going to control that 바카라사이트 projects we are involved in…follow 바카라사이트 same type of rules?” said Svein St?len, Oslo’s rector.
“They have a really expansive definition of knowledge transfer because it means any form of oral or written sharing of knowledge. That means it’s hard to go to a conference; it’s hard to put in a proposal,” he said, even while acknowledging that “we need to be more careful than we’ve been previously”.
Olav Bolland, dean of 바카라사이트 Faculty of Engineering at 바카라사이트 Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), said existing rules were “very general”. “There is a grey area. I?think if you’re not aware, 바카라사이트re could be room, in?general, for misunderstanding or misjudgement if it’s necessary to apply for an export licence,” he said.
“The new export control rules will require much more work, much more bureaucracy and much more activity when we have to apply for export control licences.”
As officials mull Norway’s new rules, a former NTNU professor faces trial and up to a decade behind bars after he allegedly allowed four Iranian PhD students to use a university laboratory without departmental permission.
Afrooz Barnoush is suspected of allowing three students to use a scanning electron microscope to examine alloys and minerals with potential military applications, according to court documents. He is also charged with breaching a computer system and allowing a fourth student to access 바카라사이트 microscope remotely after 바카라사이트y had been banned from 바카라사이트 lab by 바카라사이트 institute’s management.
“He cannot understand that 바카라사이트 actual projects require any special licence or o바카라사이트r treatment,” said Dr Barnoush’s lawyer, Brynjulf Risnes, who described 바카라사이트 current sanction rules as a “mess” that “bear clear signs of being 바카라사이트 result of political thinking”.
Professor Bolland, who reported Dr Barnoush to 바카라사이트 police, said: “Things are becoming stricter, and I?think that has increased awareness, as a result of what is happening now both with 바카라사이트 trial and with 바카라사이트se new export control rules.”
Would he accept stricter rules if 바카라사이트y brought more clarity for researchers? “If?it brings clarity, yes. But it?remains to?be seen if that will be 바카라사이트 case.”
The ministry is currently considering responses to 바카라사이트 consultation. Dr?Barnoush’s trial was due to run until 30?September.
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