mission statement

I am interested in research and how it can be fostered. Virtually all
kinds of research interest me and I believe research should be defined
broadly to include any activity that creates knowledge.

Why should research be fostered? It's difficult to fund research,
train people in research methods and to do research.

But worthwhile.

Researchers find things out for us. They gather information with which
to make sound decisions. They discover new things. They refine the
methods that make these discoveries possible. If we lost our
researchers we would make less informed decisions, fail to discover
new things and would lack the tools to train new people to replace
them.

My aim is to raise awareness of research efforts and fuel debate about
how these efforts can be refined and improved.