A new alliance unites five leading scientific hubs to strengthen ecosystems, expertise, and governance of strategic innovation.

In the context of constant and unstoppable European scientific transformation It is born campus2, a new alliance between five of the continent's most advanced innovation and research parks. The initiative to create the network was formalized on November 12, 2025, during the association's first annual meeting at the Science Village in Lund, Sweden. The project aims to consolidate an operational community of experts capable of impacting the major issues of European Deep-Tech, from photonics to quantum technologies, from sustainable energy to semiconductors.

Campus2 was born at a time when theXNUMX-XNUMX business days reaffirms, also through the most recent Horizon Europe guidelines and the 2025 national innovation strategies, the value of research infrastructure including geopolitical and industrial assetUnlike other networks, this alliance is based on a pragmatic approach that combines operational experience and shared strategic vision, supporting evolutionary processes capable of translating into concrete impact on the territories.

An alliance to govern the complexity of Deep-Tech

The founders of Campus2 includeAdlershof Science and Technology Park of Berlin, the High Tech Campus Eindhoven, the Harwell Campus in Oxfordshire, the Switzerland Innovation Park Innovaare of Villigen and the mentioned Science Village in Lund. All are closely connected to leading scientific institutions, such as the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Switzerland, a European benchmark for large-scale research facilities and applied physics.

Secondo Robert Rudolph, CEO of Switzerland Innovation Park Innovaare,

"With Campus2, a unique European network is born, capable of combining strategic objectives and operational expertise. For our park, this means expanding collaboration opportunities, sharing deep-tech know-how, and strengthening our ability to impact innovation processes on a continental scale."

It is a vision that reflects the growing need for coordination between highly specialized but often fragmented research ecosystems.

The Campus2 model is based on four pillars: structured collaboration, sharing best practices, developing joint initiatives, and having an impact on public policies. The network's work is coordinated by a Joint Steering Committee, responsible for defining operational lines, selecting new members and guiding strategic priorities, while every year one of the campuses hosts an international meeting dedicated to technological trends, entrepreneurship and joint planning.

Park Innovaare and Switzerland's role in innovation

Lo Switzerland Innovation Park Innovaare It represents one of the most advanced hubs in the Swiss innovation network. Located in Villigen, near the PSI, the park extends over 23.000 square meters dedicated to laboratories and corporate spaces, designed to meet the needs of over 25 companies active in applied research. Its distinctive strength is direct access to the major scientific infrastructures of the Paul Scherrer Institute and the academic expertise of the Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz, a combination that fuels a high-tech ecosystem.

Innovaare focuses on four key areas: photonics and quantum technologies, life sciences, advanced manufacturing and semiconductors, energy and sustainability. Swiss level, these areas are also recognized as priorities by the most recent analyses of the Federal Council and the Federal Statistical Office, which in 2024 confirmed Switzerland among the countries with the highest intensity of spending on research and development per capita.

“New knowledge, methods and research specialists must be made available to the economy: this is how we strengthen Switzerland's high competitiveness,”

observes Christian Rüegg, director of the PSI, also underlining how the synergy between public research and private enterprise is a decisive factor for European competitiveness.

Towards a more integrated and resilient European ecosystem

Campus2 does not just foster scientific cooperation, but aims to strengthen Europe's capacity to build resilient value chains in critical sectors. In a context of energy transition, digitalization, and the redefinition of industrial supply chains, the network aims to be a convergence platform to address challenges that require interdisciplinary expertise and shared governance.

The role of hubs such as Eindhoven, Berlin or Oxfordshire demonstrates how global competition is not only played out on patents, but on the ability to create collaborative environments where research, business, and policy are integrated. In this sense, Campus2 aims to become a European laboratory for collective experimentation, capable of generating replicable solutions and scalable cooperation models.

A shared vision for the future of European research

The emergence of Campus2 signals a maturation in the way Europe interprets innovation: no longer just a sum of local excellences, but integrated system capable of communicating and planning in a coordinated manner. The challenge will be to translate this network into high-impact joint projects, capable of supporting both fundamental research and sustainable industrialization.

In an era marked by technological competition and geopolitical instability, initiatives such as Campus2 show how structured cooperation can become a lever for a European scientific sovereignty more solid, promoting a virtuous balance between international openness and territorial roots.

If it is able to maintain strategic coherence and vision, Campus2 could become a point of reference for the innovation governance at the continental level. Its evolution will be a key step in understanding how Europe can consolidate its role in the Global Deep-Tech, integrating skills, infrastructure and policies into a single future-oriented system.

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