What research infrastructure do we need? Where should we build it? What do we even mean by research infrastructure?
These questions have been at the heart of recent reports by Jisc, UKRI, and The Royal Society, among others, and the Nurse Review of the research, development and innovation (RDI) organisational landscape.
And this term has seen the long-awaited Government response to the Nurse Review, and the beginnings of a national plan for RDI infrastructure.
Arts and humanities infrastructure
It is vital the national plan include all disciplines to properly support the UK’s research base, which is increasingly (and rightly) interdisciplinary and interconnected, moving beyond the traditional STEM-led approach to research infrastructure and towards a fuller understanding of the structures that support discoveries across all areas.
