3 «It is my great privilege to write the editorial of this 2022 edition of the GIGA’s activity report, as a GIGA researcher, as a physician at the CHU de Liège and as vice-rector for research at ULiège. You will find in this document what one usually finds in activity reports: key figures. They are impressive and demonstrate the vitality of the GIGA as well as its global perspective: thirty percent of GIGA researchers are non-Belgians. When you walk through the elevators and corridors of the GIGA, you can feel this international atmosphere, this precious ground for creativity. You will also read much more, such as the flagship publications of last year and the very inspiring interview with Liesbet Geris where she explains her vision of the European Research Council (ERC) grants (she knows what she is talking about). Reading this report prompts me to share some thoughts with you. The four letters of the acronym GIGA have been part of the campus landscape for so many years that we forget how gigantic what has been accomplished is. The community of the GIGA, of CHU de Liège and of the entire university should be proud of what has been built. We must preserve this heritage and leverage its immense potential. Over the last twenty years, the GIGA has always shown the way. Very logically then, the questions and challenges facing the GIGA today summarize and anticipate those of all our university research such as the definition of an optimal size of research units, the relations of research units with faculties, the balance between transdisciplinarity and thematic focus and the adoption of new modes of evaluationwithout compromising the quest for excellence. Not to mention of course the, the dilemmas between central vs. distributedmanagement of vital functions of our university, such as doctoral training, management of technological platforms, innovation exploration and support in research project proposal preparation. By arbitrating these apparent dualities, by creating new paths, new operating models, the GIGA will continue to play its role as a laboratory for the transformation of our university». Michel Moutschen Vice-director for research, ULiège «The four letters of the acronym GIGA have been part of the campus landscape for so many years that we forget how gigantic what has been accomplished is».
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