Tommy Shih

With research security becoming an increasingly important component of scientific collaboration and practice, so is also the need to develop clearer frameworks. This requires a multidimensional approach that includes definitions with a shared basis, including, for example, rationales for security, identification of security domains, empirical evidence, views on international cooperation and research as a common good, how to deal with considerations related to national interests, and principles for balancing security with openness. The remainder of this paper discusses these issues framed as three challenges. 1) Lack of conceptualization and evidence-based policymaking. 2) The effectiveness of research security measures is not clear. 3) Risks of over-securitization.