Table of Contents
List of tables and figures
Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Preface
1. ‘The future of scientific research in Europe’
2. ‘A radical proposal’
2.1 ‘”Not-yet-born” sector actors’
2.2 ‘Maybe it is time for a European Research Council in some form?’
2.3 ‘Everybody is talking about something different’
3. ‘European Value Added’
3.1 ‘Clear ownership’
3.2 ‘Lack of sufficient competition’
3.3 ‘Credible to the scientific world’
4. ‘The most promising opportunities’
4.1 ‘What the ERC will need’
4.2 ‘Internal policies’
5. ‘State of crisis’
5.1 ‘Deep Commission’
5.2 ‘We are not there yet’
5.3 ‘Flawed recommendation’
6. ‘A rather conventional system’
6.1 ‘A broader palette’
6.2 ‘To promote interdisciplinarity and breadth of viewpoints’
6.3 ‘Preventive and dissuasive actions’
7. ‘Wide-ranging effects’
7.1 ‘Justifying to stakeholders’
7.2 ‘i-conomy’
7.3 ‘Symbolic value’
8. Summary and personal postscript
Annex 1: List of archival collections used
Annex 2: List of interviews