Analyse/Réflexion/Témoinage
LIST: a dangerous monopoly
One of the main reasons given by the government to merge both CRP Lippmann and CRP Tudor was to reach “critical mass” in research areas that were covered by both centres. Theoretically, it made sense, but left open the possibility of creating a monopoly, which is not necessarily a growth fostering situation. I cannot say for sure for the material sciences and IT departments, but as far as the environmental sciences at LIST are concerned, it has sadly turned out this way. There is within the ERIN management a extremely strong tendency to establish and expand its monopoly over environmental research, and after the disappearance of the two separate entities that were the CRPs, this is bad news. I will explain why.
Firstly, one has to understand that the energy propelling the ERIN management is at its core the








