Trump wants to deter scientific collaboration with China. Europe should choose its own course, argues a Swedish researcher with long Chinese experience
The proposed directive on Transparency of Interest Representation, designed to prevent malign foreign lobbying, could force universities to register any foreign-funded research, observers fear
The German Academic Exchange Service has published recommendations for universities when dealing with China. Its real contribution, however, is an uncompromising analysis of Germany’s unequal relationship with China and its implications
Ottawa’s new policy creates the West’s most detailed - and public - security procedures for grant applicants, potentially affecting ‘everything under the sun.’ Universities are studying the likely impact
Europe remains ‘fairly open’ but there is a feeling that ‘things could get much more closed’, says Thomas Jørgensen of the European University Association
Moves to ramp up security should not interfere with international collaboration, Commission told as it drafts recommendations for tackling foreign interference
Leading AI expert Holger Hoos says Europe needs it own Manhattan Project to create a leading AI system and avoid dependence on the US or China. Other experts are supportive, but the cost and politics of such a project are tricky
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