Science as a driver of innovation: Impulses from the Leibniz Association for a cooperative science system
In the face of global crises, our society is facing acute challenges. Our 96 Leibniz Institutes develop science-based solutions for the major transformation processes of our time through their long-standing practice of interdisciplinary collaboration. The Leibniz Association's guiding principle for this is a cooperative, permeable and agile science system that fully develops its potential as a driver of innovation in our country. Together with policymakers and our partners, we at the Leibniz Association want to realise this vision.
Martina Brockmeier, President of the Leibniz Association, emphasises: "Insights from science are a prerequisite for innovations, which we urgently need in order to master the global challenges of our time. The institutes of the Leibniz Association make an important contribution to this. Our impulse paper shows how we can make this contribution even more efficiently and in cooperation with our partners from science, politics and society."
The Leibniz Association sees the reduction of bureaucracy, the securing of long-term funding, the organisation of sustainable scientific operations, the promotion of scientific careers, the strengthening of research infrastructures, the intensification of knowledge transfer, political and social consulting and, last but not least, the facilitation of economic cooperation and technology transfer as key areas of action. The necessary steps should ensure that the potential of science as a solution provider and driver of innovation in our country is fully realised.
The full text of the impulse paper is available online at www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/ueber-uns/neues/forschungsnachrichten/forschungsnachrichten-single/newsdetails/innovationsmotor-wissenschaft
About the Leibniz Association:
The Leibniz Association connects 96 independent research institutions that range in focus from natural, engineering and environmental sciences to economics, spatial and social sciences and the humanities. Leibniz Institutes address issues of social, economic and ecological relevance. They conduct knowledge-driven and applied basic research, maintain scientific infrastructure and provide research-based services. The Leibniz Association identifies focus areas for knowledge transfer to policy-makers, academia, business and the public. Leibniz institutions collaborate intensively with universities – in the form of “Leibniz ScienceCampi” (thematic partnerships between university and non-university research institutes), for example – as well as with industry and other partners at home and abroad. They are subject to an independent evaluation procedure that is unparalleled in its transparency. Due to the importance of the institutions for the country as a whole, they are funded jointly by the Federation and the Länder, employing some 21,400 individuals, including 12,170 researchers. The entire budget of all the institutes is approximately 2,3 billion Euros.
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