Security in international research and innovation collaboration.
AU has implemented guidelines designed to protect research and innovation work from becoming a target for espionage or from being misused.
The guidelines follow the recommendations of the Ministry of Higher Education and Science’s Committee on Guidelines for International Research and Innovation Collaboration (URIS).
The aim is for researchers and the university to be able to work as openly as possible – and as securely as necessary.
Critical research is defined as areas of strategic importance to the EU in terms of security and competitiveness. Based on the EU’s overview of critical research, BCE has reviewed all activities at the department and concluded that all research is considered critical.
This has implications for research- and project collaborations, which must undergo a risk assessment unless the parties involved are exclusively from pre-approved countries.
See the list of pre-approved countries on the right-hand side or find the EU’s overview of critical research here.
AU has introduced guidelines for the risk assessment of research and project collaborations for which external funding is sought and/or where written collaboration agreements are entered into.
Any sideline employment undertaken by academic staff that is related to a high-risk country, or that falls within the categories of “critical” or “controlled” research, must be reported to the head of department no later than 14 days in advance. If the sideline employment is deemed compatible with employment at AU, AU’s standard guidelines for sideline employment must be followed.