Balancing science

Over the coming years, we will continue to monitor developments in various respects, such as money, personnel, cooperation, output and impact. Where possible, we will do so by making comparisons with other countries. We will again be monitoring the extent to which Dutch people’s trust in science is affected. We will present an overview of developments at universities of applied sciences - developments in policy and in applied research. We will be paying particular attention to the position of public knowledge organisations, also as a result of the coronavirus crisis.

How do we retain enough scope for “independent” research? What knowledge and innovation policy is needed to achieve this? What new roles do experts and knowledge organisations play in the knowledge and innovation agendas of industry and the public sector? We will focus in particular on the interaction between education, research and impact within universities and colleges, for example the knowledge that has to be created across the boundaries of disciplines or so-called matching pressure, as a new form of co-creative education and research practice.