Die internen FuE-Aufwendungen sind in Deutschland im Jahr 2019, also dem letzten Jahr vor der Pandemie um 5.1 Prozent auf knapp über 110 Mrd. Euro gestiegen. Den stärksten Anstieg hatte mit gut 6 Prozent der Staatssektor, den Schwächsten mit 4,8 Prozent der Hochschulsektor zu verzeichnen. Im...

This study updates the annual comparative analysis of the performance and structures of the German science system. We use several bibliometric indicators of productivity and academic impact to assess Germany's performance for the period 1995-2020 compared against 22 countries and the EU13, EU14,...

The EOSC Steering Board expert group (EOSC-SB) has initiated in 2022 a reflection on the main disruptive concepts and practices connected to the construction and future operation of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC). The EOSC ambition is to provide European researchers, innovators,...

Democracies are more fragile and more vulnerable than in the past. At the same time, various European surveys show declining levels of trust in the political institutions of democracy. In terms of legitimacy, there are signs of a potential shift from governance based on expertise,...

With the European Green Deal, the EU has set the target to become the first climate neutral continent by 2050. Research and innovation (R&I) activities are essential to accelerate the different objectives under the Green Deal, among which the full decarbonisation of the aviation sector by 2050....

University-industry collaborations (UICs) are one of the main sources of external knowledge and technologies for industrial firms, particularly in the context of emerging markets (EMs) and firm development. It is thus highly relevant to identify potential barriers internal to the firm as well as...