An Economic Perspective on the Dutch National Research Agenda

The Dutch National Research Agenda consolidates a number of themes and routes that intend to help focus the scientific community on a number of core themes in the coming years. This implies that the research priorities are set with the objective of focusing and channelling research effort on what are perceived to be important scientific questions, societal challenges, and economic opportunities. The Dutch National Research Agenda aims to foster a better collaboration across different institutes and scientific disciplines and to increase the likelihood to stay at the research frontier by concentrating world-class research on a limited number of themes. An...