Core topics are:

• New Technologies for Sustainable Agriculture
• International Mobility in the Science and Innovation System
• Social Innovation – A Key Element To Address Societal Challenges
• Artificial Intelligence

Further topics are:

• Transformative R&I Policy
• Commentary on Current R&I Policy
• Determining the Causal Effects of Interventions

Core topics are:

• Innovation in an ageing society
• Markets for technology
• German aerospace between old and new space 

Further topics are:

• R&I policy at a turning point in history 
• Creating agile governance structures 
• Tackling the grand societal challenges 
• Catching up and avoiding technological gaps 
• Removing barriers to innovation 
• Securing the skilled labour base 
• Key recommendations for action

Core topics are:

• Key enabling technologies and technological sovereignty
• Motorized private transport on the road to sustainability
• Innovations in the platform economy
• Digital transformation in the healthcare system

Further topics are:

• R&I policy in the new legislative period
• Tackling climate targets vigorously
• Catching up and avoiding technological gaps
• Strengthening the supply of skilled labour through education and qualification
• Increasing innovation participation
• Developing agile governance structures

Core topics are:

• New Mission Orientation and Agility in R&I Policy
• Adapting Vocational and Continuing Education and Training to Digital Transformation
• Gene Editing and CRISPR/Cas

Further topics are:

• Impact of COVID-19 Crisis on R&I
• Commentary on Current R&I Policy
• Priorities for R&I Policy in the Coming Legislative Period

Core topics are:

• East Germany as a location for innovation – 30 years after reunification
• Cybersecurity
• Exchange of knowledge and technology between Germany and China

Further topics are:

• Implementation of the High-Tech Strategy 2025
• Science policy

Core topics are:

• The role of start-ups in the innovation system
• Innovations for the energy transition
• Blockchain
• Digitalization of tertiary education institutions

Further topics are:

• Comentary on current research and innovation policy
• Artificial intelligence - The Federal Government's AI Strategy
• Basic research funding structures and publications in international comparison

Core topics are:

• Long-term developments in productivity and innovation
• Challenges of European R&I policy
• Autonomous systems

Further topics are:

• Central guidelines for R&I policy in the new legislative period
• Sustainability and innovation policy
• Universities of applied sciences in transition
• Digital education

Core topics are:

• Science system
• Research at tertiary education institutions
• Excellence Initiative and Excellence Strategy
• Young academics at tertiary education institutions
• Non-university research organisations
• The mobility of researchers
• Transfer

Further topics are:

• Challenges

Core topics are:

• The contribution of SMEs to research and innovation in Germany
• Robotics in transition
• Business models of the digital economy
• E-government in Germany: much room for improvement

Further topics are:

• Social innovations – no paradigm shift in R&I policy
• Patent boxes – no substitute for R&D tax credits
• Current challenges for tertiary education policy

Core topics are:

• Promoting innovation through cluster policy
• MOOCs: an innovator in the education sector
• Digital innovation and the need for reform of copyright law
• Additive manufacturing (“3D printing”)

Further topics are:

• Recent trends in science and research policies
• Germany’s R&D intensity and innovation activities of SMEs
• The new High-Tech Strategy – Innovations for Germany
• The Federal Government’s Digital Agenda
• Framework conditions for venture capital in Germany

Core topics are:

• Research and innovation in university medicine
• International mobility of scientists and inventors and its impact on innovation
• Status and development prospects of ICT in Germany
• The role of women in the innovation process

Further topics are:

• Further developing the reform initiatives
• Promoting innovation more efficiently through the evaluation of policy measures
• The relevance of tertiary education and vocational education and training for innovation
• Structure and development of the knowledge economy
• Internationalisation of research and development
• Electromobility: some achievements, and a lot more to do
• The Feed-in Tariffs from an innovation policy perspective

Core topics are:

• Coordinating climate, energy and innovation policies
• International R&D Locations
• Innovation-oriented public procurement
• Taking more advantage of the potential of women in the research and innovation system

Further topics are:

• Priorities and recommendations for research and innovation policies of the next legislative period
• Open access
• The EU patent system
• Internet and IT start-ups in Berlin
• Crowdfunding
• Evaluation of innovation policy measures based on randomised experiments

Core topics are:

• University-based research - current status and development prospects
• Skill shortages and innovation
• Conditions for growth and constraints on growth for start-up businesses
• Economic assessment of public R&D funding
• The challenge of China

Further topics are:

• Research and development - thinking beyond the three percent target
• Enhancing innovation and productivity in all EU member states
• Continually improving the attractiveness of Germany as an R&D location
• The energy transition as an innovation opportunity

Core topics are:

• Federalism
• European dimension of R&I policy
• Network neutrality and innovation
• Innovation without research and development

Further topics are:

• Financial and economic crisis
• Venture capital market
• Education and research
• Collection of statistics on innovation-related activities
• High-tech Strategy 2020 for Germany
• Development of the patent system
• Electromobility

Core topics are:

• The German R&I-system in an international comparison
• The Bologna process - an interim assessment
• Research and innovation in Eastern Germany
• Electromobility
• Current design of the patent system

Further topics are:

• Consequences of the financial and economic crisis
• Promoting innovative potential
• New approach in R&I policies - targeting the high-tech strategy
• Further development of the R&I instruments
• Support measures for small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
• Improving education in Germany
• Establishing extensive evaluation research

Core topics of the report are: 

• Innovation financing
• The science employment market
• Knowledge and technology transfer
• Research and innovation in small businesses
• Using the opportunities of knowledge-intensive services

Further topics are:

• Averting the crisis
• Medium-term prospects - research and innovation 2020

Core topics of the report are: 
Core tasks of the national research and innovation policy

Further topics are:
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