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IAMO Policy Brief 51 highlights the importance of critical scientific inquiry in times of multiple crises. In the interview, Prof. Thomas Glauben discusses how to address science skepticism, warns against increasing security-driven restrictions, and emphasizes the key role of education and research for innovation and societal resilience.
The need for effective and innovative research is now greater than ever, particularly if we are to successfully face the many international crises. Rigorous analysis based on real-world evidence is key to developing effective strategies and implementing practical measures. In an interview, Professor Thomas Glauben, Director of the Leibniz-IAMO, discusses the challenges of demanding, internationally oriented science focused on contemporary problems. He addresses how to deal with science skepticism, the opportunities and barriers of transdisciplinary research, and the threat posed to international research collaboration by state security logics. To avoid falling further behind in the international science and innovation competition, he recommends investing far more in education and public research, rather than focusing so unilaterally on debt-financed military spending and war-readiness (Kriegstüchtigkeit), as has been the case thus far. “Arguments, claiming that massive military spending alone would enhance public safety or even brings an economic gain for the national economy, are highly questionable and lack substance. In contrast, there is reliable evidence that education and research pay off economically for a country,” emphasizes Thomas Glauben.
IAMO Policy Brief 51 “Science scepticism is not akin to blasphemy – scepticism drives new knowledge” was published in German and English. The issues can be downloaded free of charge on the following website: www.iamo.de/en/iamo-policy-briefs.
About IAMO
The Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO) analyses economic, social and political processes of change in the agricultural and food sector, and in rural areas. The geographic focus covers the enlarging EU, transition regions of Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe, as well as Central and Eastern Asia. IAMO works to enhance the understanding of institutional, structural and technological changes. Moreover, IAMO studies the resulting impacts on the agricultural and food sector as well as the living conditions of rural populations. The outcomes of our work are used to derive and analyse strategies and options for enterprises, agricultural markets and politics. Since its founding in 1994, IAMO has been part of the Leibniz Association, a German community of independent research institutes.
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