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‘Fundamental research is crucial
to undertake because it
generates new discoveries and
provides the basic knowledge
for applied and policy-led
research and interventions. Any
funding system that does not
fully support such research is
severely limiting its ability to
push scientific boundaries, to
produce new applications, and
to be at the cutting-edge of
international scholarship.’
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Professor Rob Kitchin, European
Research Council Advanced Investigator
in the National Institute of Regional and
Spatial Analysis at Maynooth University,
and the 2013 recipient of the Royal Irish
Academy’s Gold Medal for the Social
Sciences
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insights into
a continent