Entering new energy era

A significant breakthrough in physics of materials has been made to further to increase efficiency in production of energy. New non-fragile carbon composites were developed as well as new superconductors.

The EU R&D policy will lose its effectiveness due to lack of ...

Some EU Member States are nationally and globally focused and not necessarily EU focused in terms of R&D policy. On the other hand we can also see at the moment that the ERA needs a new direction. The current studies and web si...

Alternative centres of excellence

India or China emerge as the global centre for scientific excellence (i.e., ERA becomes irrelevant)

Radical change in the organisation of pan-European research

Pan-European research efforts to tackle grand challenges (e.g. energy vulnerability) are suddenly centralised into specialised European agencies