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In view of global political developments international scientific cooperation has been subject to rapid changes since the beginning of the 21st century. For universities and research institutions the review of existing or future international collaborations is therefore of central importance. The German Academic Exchange Service DAAD has developed guidelines for German universities to analyze the opportunities and risks of scientific cooperation under difficult conditions and thus enable independent decisions.DAAD President Prof. Dr. Joybrato Mukherjee explainsRegardless of whether it concerns questions of the general security situation the rule of law political influence on the scientific community or the freedom of research and teaching Our member universities and their scientists must increasingly deal with the framework conditions of international projects and stays abroad in a growing group difficult partner countries.One thing is clear we will only be able to solve the challenges of the 21st century together and internationally. International scientific cooperation must therefore be expanded also at the cost of difficult negotiation processes. For institutional and individual decisions a set of criteria is required with which the opportunities and risks for international cooperation can be assessed. It is expressly not a matter of defining simple red lines but rather to provide the universities with assistance in making their own and independent decisions.To this end the DAAD Competence Center for International Scientific Cooperation KIWi further developed the evaluation criteria for cross-border scientific cooperation presented in spring together with experts. The resulting guideline No red lines Scientific collaborations under complex framework conditions shows the challenges of international scientific collaborations raises awareness of existing risks and contrasts them with the diverse opportunities and potentials of scientific exchange.The heart of the publication is an analysis grid based on six criteria that provides universities with an orientation and evaluation framework for the strategic planning and implementation of international collaborations. The analysis criteria supplemented by key questions and sources of information include aspects such as the security situation on site the constitutional and socio-political framework or the opportunities and risks of the respective scientific system.The paper offers university managements heads of faculties and research groups and individual scientists the opportunity to independently weigh up risks and opportunities with a view to their international projects and partners. In this way it should help ensure that international scientific collaborations can succeed even under complex framework conditions.
