Issue (WIWE) status: Submitted, Unpublished

Wild Card's progress: Nominated

This Wild Card came from: 
European Commission Framework Programme for RTD

The theme/scheme related to this Wild Card: 
CAPACITIES: Science and society

The sub-theme that best relates to this Wild Card: 
Strengthening potential, broadening horizons

Likelihood timeframe and scenario features : 
now-2050

Wild Card's description: 

Constant ethical opposition halts Western Research as it is not deemed feasible to develop sufficient results with such unrest. The European Union falls behin the US and the far east in the knowledge economy.