Regulations squelch European scientific innovation and collaboration, report says.
The quality, rate and results of scientific research in Europe lag behind those in the United States, according to a 21 September report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The Economic Survey of the European Union 2009 report says government regulations stymie scientific collaboration and innovation because of a general lack of mobility of researchers across Europe. Many are forced to stay in a particular institution or country, it says, to retain research grants, for example. Nigel Pain, OECD senior economist and a report author, says easing mobility would facilitate research and innovation, and potentially create more research posts.
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Europe's research lagging. Nature 461, 681 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nj7264-681e
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