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Why research collaboration needs operational infrastructure, not just good intentions
Research breakthroughs rarely happen in isolation. They happen when people share equipment, methods, and solve problems across disciplinary boundaries.
Research breakthroughs rarely happen in isolation. They happen when people share equipment, exchange methods, and solve problems across disciplinary boundaries. The most productive labs, institutes, and research ecosystems in Europe have one thing in common: they made a deliberate choice to build the conditions for collaboration rather than hoping it would happen on its own.
That choice is becoming more urgent. And more difficult to sustain without the right operational foundation.
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