Integrity and security in the global research ecosystem

"Open and transparent communication and dissemination of scientific information and data and sharing of research materials are essential for the global science ecosystem to operate effectively....

However, new challenges and threats are emerging as some governments and non-state actors exhibit increasingly forceful efforts to unfairly exploit and distort the open research environment for their own interests. Many countries now consider unauthorised information transfer and foreign interference in public research as a serious national and economic security risk and a threat to freedom of scientific research....

Hence, the aim of the project was to identify good practices to safeguard national and economic security whilst protecting freedom of enquiry, promoting international research cooperation, and ensuring openness and non-discrimination...."