Research infrastructures have been shown to make powerful social and economic impacts and, as neutral, multinational ventures, to help in addressing global challenges under the banner of 'Science Diplomacy'.
When the CERN nuclear research centre was conceived in the 1950s, one of the aims was to strengthen European science after World War II and restore relations between countries recently engaged in armed conflict. Geneva was selected as host because of its central location in Europe, Swiss neutrality during the war, and the international organisations already present in the country. Both the UK and Switzerland were among its founding members.
When the CERN nuclear research centre was conceived in the 1950s, one of the aims was to strengthen European science after World War II and restore relations between countries recently engaged in armed conflict. Geneva was selected as host because of its central location in Europe, Swiss neutrality during the war, and the international organisations already present in the country. Both the UK and Switzerland were among its founding members.
The University of Malta co-organised and chaired half the sessions of a week-long online Heavy-Ion Cancer Therapy Masterclass School attended by over 1,000 inte
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