RESEARCH2020 catalogue to create strategic basis for Danish research
A new, visionary RESEARCH2020 catalogue identifies the most promising areas for research investment.
The catalogue will form the knowledge basis and foundation for decision-making for the Danish Parliament’s distribution of funds for strategic investments in future research.
– Denmark is among those European countries that invest the most in research and development. The investments strength Denmark’s global competitiveness. New, intelligent investments must contribute to solving great societal challenges and lay the foundation for future jobs and welfare. RESEARCH2020 provides us with a visionary basis for decision which gives a solid starting point for targeted investments in research that has the greatest societal potential, says Higher Education Minister Morten Østergaard.
The catalogue contains five visions. The visions are the result of a year’s thorough analysis and dialogue process. Universities, organisations, ministries and research councils have been among those to help identify the research that will needed by societal and industry development in the coming years. The five visions are:
- A society with a green economy
- A society with health and quality of life
- A high-tech society with innovation capacity
- An efficient and competitive society
- A competent, cohesive society
– RESEARCH2020 shows that research-based solutions to great societal challenges combined with unique Danish positions of strength have the potential to act as drivers for growth and employment in Denmark. The catalogue provides knowledge and inspiration to politicians, as well as universities, businesses and private foundations on how to strengthen public-private research collaboration within important societal areas, says Morten Østergaard.
A survey from TNS Gallup shows that more than 9 out of 10 Danes believe that research and new technology has great or crucial importance for solving the future’s significant societal challenges.
The catalogue is not an expression of the Government’s priorities, but reflects what central research policy stakeholders have identified as the most important areas for strategic investments in research in the coming years.
The full RESEARCH2020 catalogue and the summary publication can be ordered from Rosendahls – Schultz Distribution, tel: +45 4363 2300, or email: distribution@rosendahls-schultzgrafisk.dk.
For further information please contact:
Press officer Ingeborg Nielsen, tel: +45 2211 0200
Senior Adviser Jens Haisler, tel: +45 7231 8248
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