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enEurope’s research system must change: Nature Vol 452|24 April 2008
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<div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-6 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/76">research</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/2249">research policies</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Dear Imechanica friend</p>
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a recent Nature Commentary has generated a lot of interest, particularly in Europe. Maybe it is of interest, also in response to Grand Challenges for Engineering?
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I suggest some lines:
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Europe’s research system must change, Luke Georghiou argues. He suggests <br />
Europe should start the process of reformow. The Commission has a responsibility to<br />
take the lead and planning of the Eighth Framework Programme, due to start in 2013, is already under way. The grand challenges will not wait until then and member states, businesses and the scientific community must each play their part. The first challenge is one of leadership.
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He suggests essentially to have 4 or 5 grand challenges, of 3 - 10 billions Euro each.
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"Europe will be a much more effective partner for the United States, Asia and others if it can speak with one voice, take the initiative and contribute a genuine critical mass to solutionsto global problems.
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Luke Georghiou is in the Manchester Institute<br />
of Innovation Research at Manchester Business<br />
School, University of Manchester, Manchester,<br />
M15 6PB, UK. He also chairs the European<br />
Commission’s ERA Rationales Expert Group.<br />
1. Mustar, P. & Esterle, L. Key Figures on Science and Technology<br />
(Observatoire des Sciences et des Techniques, Paris, 2006).<br />
2. <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/research/era/progress-on-debate/">http://ec.europa.eu/research/era/progress-on-debate/</a><br />
expert-groups-analyses_en.html<br />
3. <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/research/era/pdf/era-greenpaper_">http://ec.europa.eu/research/era/pdf/era-greenpaper_</a><br />
en.pdf<br />
4. European Court of Auditors Evaluating the EU Research and<br />
Technological Development (RTD) Framework Programmes<br />
— could the Commission’s approach be improved? Special<br />
Report No 9/2007.<br />
5. <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/energy/res/setplan/doc/com_2007/">http://ec.europa.eu/energy/res/setplan/doc/com_2007/</a><br />
com_2007_0723_en.pdf<br />
6. Larédo, P. Sci. Pub. Pol. 30, 4–12 (2003).<br />
7. Coombs, R. & Georghiou, L. Science 296, 471 (2002).<br />
8. <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/invest-in-research/pdf/download_">http://ec.europa.eu/invest-in-research/pdf/download_</a><br />
en/aho_report.pdf<br />
“Europe will be a much<br />
more effective research<br />
partner if it can speak<br />
with one voice.”<br />
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</div></div></div>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:57:20 +0000Mike Ciavarella3338 at https://imechanica.orghttps://imechanica.org/node/3338#commentshttps://imechanica.org/crss/node/3338sarko-merkel
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/76">research</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/2249">research policies</a></div></div></div>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:52:46 +0000Mike Ciavarella3337 at https://imechanica.orghttps://imechanica.org/node/3337#commentshttps://imechanica.org/crss/node/3337A EUROPEAN web portal to discuss NAE's “Grand Challenges” impact in EUROPE
https://imechanica.org/node/3099
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We are planning to set a WEB portal to discuss
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1) the example and the role of an Academy of Engineering to find the correct blend of credentials and consensus to set research needs
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2) The final 14 NAE resulting "challenges", being set at international level, should be accepted worldwide. Is this really the case, are the European Agencies considering them, or do they think we need to duplicate the search for the "challenges" separately?
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3) Can we coordinate efforts in Europe for the next steps announced by NAE (Challenges of Landing on Mars, Educating Engineers for 2020 and Beyond, Engineering for the Developing World, Capturing and Simulating Physically Accurate Illumination in Computer Graphics)
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4) Is this an occasion to pose the question: would Henry Kissinger find today a single phone number for European Research?
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5) How to address the "challenging" questions in Europe: the European Research Area? Are we trying to have less bureaucracy, more merit, less "closed circles", "disciplinary sectors", and fewer of many other European "walls" --- perhaps in the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the crash of Berlin's one?
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6) We hope to receive feedback from iMechanica! Attached the preliminary road map document, and the way to partecipate.
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