Initiatives are multiplying in EU countries including France, Germany and Austria to attract the talent being driven away by the US president’s policies
I am not exactly sure how the financing works. The city made the current cuts to the budget, so I guess they are least finance a part of the universities.
In theory the TU Berlin has the money to renovate one of their most important buildings (physics), but as far as I know the proposal was turned down (either internally or externally)
So yeah, half of the physics department is kind of losing their workplace and laboratories right now. They even had a nobel laureate from japan write the mayor to say: “this research is important, they need the funding if we are to work with the TU in the future”
Sorry for ranting. It’s a heated topic for me
Edit: we are also talking about stuff like the ceiling coming down, no running water or (the opposite) pipes bursting. Some buildings are permanently closed now
I believe they have a department for this and I did some research and found out that planning on a new physics building is currently being done (seems my information was outdated). The “Bauherr” ist the senate of the city, so at least in this case they are not doing it “in house”.
Real question: In which country is research properly funded?
I heard that the issue in Germany is that the buildings are not funded nationally.
I am not exactly sure how the financing works. The city made the current cuts to the budget, so I guess they are least finance a part of the universities.
In theory the TU Berlin has the money to renovate one of their most important buildings (physics), but as far as I know the proposal was turned down (either internally or externally)
So yeah, half of the physics department is kind of losing their workplace and laboratories right now. They even had a nobel laureate from japan write the mayor to say: “this research is important, they need the funding if we are to work with the TU in the future”
Sorry for ranting. It’s a heated topic for me
Edit: we are also talking about stuff like the ceiling coming down, no running water or (the opposite) pipes bursting. Some buildings are permanently closed now
It sounds like TU Berlin doesn’t have a facility management function or contractor. Very bizarre.
I believe they have a department for this and I did some research and found out that planning on a new physics building is currently being done (seems my information was outdated). The “Bauherr” ist the senate of the city, so at least in this case they are not doing it “in house”.
Source: https://www.tu.berlin/facilities/services/baumassnahmen/ersatzneubau-experimental-physik-ex-p