UNU-MERIT’s founding director, Prof. Luc Soete, has been appointed to the high-level group of experts for research, innovation and science policy at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research. He joins 37 other experts from among others academia, industry and science. The group gives policy and strategy support to the European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science, a post currently held by Ireland’s Máire Geoghegan-Quinn. The overall aim is to create growth that is sm...