Open strategic autonomy

The five want more investment in R&D and a new technology strategy. But with political stalemate in Spain following the election on Sunday, a push by the Spanish presidency of the EU Council to make progress on strategic autonomy could stall 

Moves to ensure the EU’s economic independence and technology sovereignty are catching universities in the cross hairs. Institutions must strike a balance between protecting sensitive technologies and maintaining open science and autonomy

A lack of funding for high quality research is highlighted in a report looking at the importance of science and innovation in addressing future challenges and bolstering the EU’s place in a ‘new global order’

Eindhoven president Robert-Jan Smits describes the details and the rationale behind one of Europe’s largest university-industry deals, worth ‘several hundred million’ euros

Open strategic autonomy will be one of Spain’s priorities when it takes up the EU presidency in July. The aim will be to define a strategy for the EU to end its dependency on imports of strategic technologies and resources

Officials set out terms of ‘open strategic autonomy’ to replace the ‘open to the world’ mantra