Supporting innovation to tackle societal problems

Unilever scientist Rob Hamer is encouraged by Dutch government efforts to boost innovation

Many good proposals for public-private research projects are being dropped due to a lack of public funding, with the result that private money available for science remains unused, according to Rob Hamer of Unilever.

With more government money, Dutch industry could readily increase its contribution to public-private research and help the Netherlands to achieve its societal goals, he told Research NL.