What is the role of the University of Barcelona in LERU?
BH: We are very happy and very proud that the University of Barcelona has joined us and we are confident that Barcelona will make a significant contribution to the development of the LERU network. Spain is one of the most important Member States of the European Union and I think it marks a great step forward that Barcelona, as a representative of Spain to some extent, has now joined our LERU organization. Barcelona is typical of the type of university we have in our network. It’s a comprehensive university covering all fields of teaching and research, with faculties for medicine, science, humanities, social science, law… It follows the pattern of the many other universities in LERU. Barcelona is one of the largest universities in Europe and clearly adds to our intellectual strengths. It offers the perspective of a Southern European country – a Mediterranean country – on the development of European research policy, so the contribution of the University of Barcelona is complimentary to
