The fifth activity and status report of the Joint Committee on the Handling of Security-Relevant Research of the DFG and Leopoldina builds on its previous reports to present currently discussed security-relevant research areas and the framework conditions for security-relevant research in Germany. The report focuses on the assessment of the risks of international research cooperation and the strengthening of dual-use research in light of the politically proclaimed turning point (Zeitenwende). It summarizes the national and international debates on research integrity, research security and the civil clauses at German universities, presents the activities of the Joint Committee and the Committees for Ethics in Security-Relevant Research (KEFs) over the last two years, attempts to classify the possible role of the KEFs and the Joint Committee in this complex field of tension and provides perspectives for the coming years.
Scientific Freedom and Security Interests in Times of Geopolitical Polarisation
