Research and Innovation Series (RIS) – Part II: US Perspectives on Research and Innovation Security

Did you miss this webinar? The recording is available on ISDP’s YouTube channel.

The Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP) is pleased to host a new webinar in its Research and Innovation Series (RIS), focusing on the growing challenges of research and innovation security in an era of intensified geopolitical competition. 

This webinar series, organized by the Stockholm Center for Research and Innovation Security, aims to promote dialogue and exchange of ideas related to research and innovation, and to further increase the understanding of the many factors and policies that impact security developments. We invite scholars and experts from diverse fields and backgrounds to a conversation moderated by staff at the SCRIS. 

This webinar will explore how democratic societies can balance openness with protection in international research collaboration, while safeguarding innovation from foreign interference, exploitation, and influence. Attention will be given to issues of integrity, transparency, and trust within the global research ecosystem.

We look forward to discussing with our speakers Anna Puglisi, international security and technology consultant and analyst, and Jeffrey Stoff, Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow at ISDP and founder and president of the Center for Research Security & Integrity. Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, will moderate the discussion.

A key part of the discussion will address the ongoing challenges faced by the United States in protecting its research enterprise from China’s practices, and how many of these challenges increasingly affect other advanced democratic nations. 

The questions this episode seeks to address include:  

• How can democracies assess and manage risks in international research collaboration without resorting to total restrictions?
• What institutional safeguards are needed to protect innovation from exploitation while maintaining academic openness? 
• How can integrity, transparency, and trust be strengthened across the global research ecosystem?