Addressing the Italian scientific research is not easy task. There is in front of a completely disorganized, unable to see and think in a serious scientific perspective, caused by a chronic lack of a serious program of research and education. In confirmation of our words, you must take into account the major protagonists of the Italian research scientists. On their work universities are able to guarantee the functioning and academic offering the proposal, but for which a salary, for the more fortunate, less than that of the members (teachers of 2nd grade). For researchers, there is no exact price but it depends on the individual funds that universities can have.
This situation is caused by a political and economic leadership that knows the world of research, or worse fails just understand it. If Environment Minister Stefania Prestigiacomo, an oncologist appointment of 85 years as president of the Agency for Nuclear Safety, ignoring an entire sector of physicists certainly better prepared than it can be Umberto Veronesi, one senses that something is not right for the right way. The Italian research
far too many years living in absolute insecurity due to lack of funds to be allocated to various universities. Far too many times the Italian universities and research have therefore had to endure cuts up cuts up to virtually collapsed, with the banal and insufficient excuse of lack of resources. Unless discover that art. 4 of Law 326/2004 adopted on the proposal of Minister Tremonti, which established the Italian Institute of Technology. The expenditure of this institute is a private 50 million for 2004 and 100 million for EACH INDIVIDUAL years ranging from 2005 to 2014. While funding to public universities only enough to pay salaries.
The gradual infiltration of political interests has made the most important bodies of research in the country, such as the National Research Council, whose board is mostly political appointees, the heavy wagons, where it not for the efforts and genius any serious professional would already have been useless.
In this whole situation is clear, however, a reflection of another type, which concerns the nature of research and what purpose it should be set. E 'common opinion, even of many researchers, that it should primarily serve the economic development of a country. If so why should it not also follow the modern economic directives? This economy is clear: that does not produce an immediate gain to be cut. Attributed to research the primary purpose of economic development is a clear choice, and it has definite consequences. By submitting research to the economic interests, it is inevitably exposed to the risks of a system that does not point to certain of the outcome benefits of any research, but in its profits, with dramatic results in its realization. A practical example is the funding for research on rare diseases. In 2007 were 30 million euro, 6 in 2008.5 in 2009 and 0 in 2010. The study of such diseases and drug development that follows is a very slow process and does not guarantee, due to their low compared to other cases with a higher incidence, the two main pillars on which the economy : speed and maximum profit. Here is the disastrous result if it goes in search of economic development.
The research must have as its ultimate goal is not the rich countries but the people's welfare. Entirely different concepts. This is not to astrarci completely from reality thinking of a search system too romantic, it would be an unreachable utopia, say only that the research subject primarily to the economy is a weapon too dangerous. Can not maintain the same system that now kills. We have no difficulty sustaining even with a certain amount of cynicism and sure to create for ourselves a few enemies, if that research should continue to directly support the global theories of the maximum gain is better to stop here. Any reform proposal by the Minister Gelmini does nothing but make the search even more precarious. Any approval of this reform must be seen not as a defeat from which retreat but as a starting point to researchers and students for the demands of daily betrayed rights. The reaction on the street that led thousands of students and professionals must not stop, must not depend on the fate of reform.
Joseph Pennestrì
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