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Europe's research system must change

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Science funding in the European Union needs to be revised to better serve economic, social and environmental goals, Luke Georghiou argues.

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  1. Luke Georghiou is in the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research at Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, Manchester, M15 6PB, UK. He also chairs the European Commission's ERA Rationales Expert Group.,

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