EU research chief calls for global coordination of research infrastructures
03 Jun 2021 | News
The sophistication, size and costs of research infrastructures are hard for any one country to manage. Whatever Europe’s desire for tech sovereignty, international cooperation is needed to finance and operate them
Jean-Eric Paquet, head of European Commission’s research directorate (DG-RTD). Photo: EU Parliament.
As the EU’s internal tussle on where to draw the line between openness and technology sovereignty continues, global science leaders are this week meeting online, in a bid to open the way for large research infrastructures to get fully engaged in responding to climate change and sustainable economic development.