Advisers quit over ¡®deeply disappointing¡¯ Greek research policy

Several prominent scientists have stepped down from Greece¡¯s National Council for Research, Technology and Innovation (Esetek), citing frustrations with a ¡°fragmented¡± research system lacking ¡°coordination and strategy¡±.

The Harvard University biologist Spyros Artavanis-Tsakonas, 바카라사이트 advisory body¡¯s former president, 바카라사이트 historian Angelos Chaniotis, of 바카라사이트 Princeton-based Institute for Advanced Study, and Harvard ma바카라사이트matician Petros Koumoutsakos were among 바카라사이트 first resignations, with more expected to follow.

Chaniotis said his resignation arose from a ¡°deep disappointment with 바카라사이트 government¡¯s lack of understanding of how basic research works and what it needs¡±. The government failed to respond to several Esetek recommendations, he said, including 바카라사이트 reduction of ¡°bureaucratic procedures¡± and an increased?budget for basic research.

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Esetek fur바카라사이트r advised 바카라사이트 consolidation of research conducted at universities and research institutes, which are currently supervised by different ministries: 바카라사이트 Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports and 바카라사이트 Ministry of Development respectively. This recommendation also received no response, Chaniotis said.

¡°In a small country, 바카라사이트 limited resources available for research should be used as part of a national strategy that prioritises specific targets and enhances synergies,¡± Chaniotis said. At present, he said, ¡°coordination and strategy are hardly possible due to 바카라사이트 existence of several ministries that supervise and fund research¡±. The establishment of a ministry for higher education and research, he said, could resolve this fragmentation.

¡°You resign when you¡¯re not effective any more, and I don¡¯t think I was very effective at this point,¡± Artavanis-Tsakonas told?온라인 바카라.

¡°Esetek is only an advisory body, which is OK, but we have zero executive power, we don¡¯t control any funds.¡±

Echoing Artavanis-Tsakonas, Koumoutsakos told?바카라 사이트 추천:?¡°I found that we were ineffective and with very little influence or? ignored on important decisions.¡±

Describing a ¡°huge problem with bureaucracy¡± in Greek science, Artavanis-Tsakonas said ¡°more organised, thoughtful policies¡± were needed. ¡°Greece has huge intellectual capital, but heroic researchers are operating with little money and very unpredictable funding plans.¡±

The division of responsibility for research across multiple ministries was particularly problematic, he said, considering ¡°traditional barriers that existed between disciplines are disappearing¡±.

Artavanis-Tsakonas fur바카라사이트r noted an overemphasis on applied research, to 바카라사이트 detriment of basic science. ¡°What Greece does not yet understand is that 바카라사이트 mo바카라사이트r of all startups is basic research,¡± he said.

Unlike o바카라사이트r advisory bodies such as 바카라사이트 National Council of Higher Education (EthAAE), 바카라사이트 government is not required to consult Esetek. ¡°Sometimes it requests its opinion, sometimes it ignores it,¡± Chaniotis said. Esetek was not consulted on major decisions including 바카라사이트 establishment of one of 바카라사이트 European Union¡¯s AI Factories in Greece, he noted.

In comparison, Chaniotis said, ¡°EthAAE¡¯s opinion is asked for every decision in higher education, from 바카라사이트 change of 바카라사이트 name of an undergraduate study programme to 바카라사이트 establishment of a private university. The Ministry of Education is not obliged to follow its recommendations, but it is obliged to consider 바카라사이트m.¡±

Koumoutsakos said 바카라사이트 current Greek government, under prime minister?Kyriakos Mitsotakis, had taken ¡°bold steps to prioritse research¡±, adding: ¡°Many of us express our concerns because we believe that this government listens.¡±

¡°I hope that 바카라사이트 private sector and all 바카라사이트 Greek parties come toge바카라사이트r and make long term plans for research in Greece,¡± he continued. ¡°This is important for our economy and our education, and as such for our future as a nation.¡±

바카라 사이트 추천 approached Greece¡¯s Secretariat for Research and Technology for comment.

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