World News

2018年03月06日

+STI Policy Articles Overseas (February 26-March 2, 2018) collected by CRDS

This page is for weekly articles collected by the Center for R&D Strategies (CRDS) whose mission is to monitor, examine, and analyze the trends of 'STI and Society' and the policies in Japan and overseas. Based on the analyses, CRDS comes up with problems to be solved and proposes the solution and strategies to the government. The following articles mainly from the sources described below are expected to be of help to those involved in STI policymaking activities.

European Commission releases criteria for research missions
https://sciencebusiness.net/framework-programmes/news/european-commission-releases-criteria-research-missions  (Science|Business）
https://www.ft.com/content/a93994aa-17cd-11e8-9e9c-25c814761640　Financial Times）
(Reference)
Mission-Oriented Research & Innovation in the European Union. A problem-solving approach to fuel innovation-led growth
https://www.rri-tools.eu/-/missions-mission-oriented-research-innovation-in-the-european-union-a-problem-solving-approach-to-fuel-innovation-led-growth
 
Designing the next framework programme
https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/next-framework-programme　 　
(European Commission HP）

New AAAS president emphasizes science as public service
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/359/6378/879.full　(Science）
 
Federally Funded R&D Centers Continue Increase to $19.2 Billion in R&D Spending in FY 2016
https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/2018/nsf18301　(NSF HP）
 
Chief Science Advisor’s letter to the Prime Minister and Minister of Science on her first 100 days in office
http://science.gc.ca/eic/site/063.nsf/eng/97486.html　 (Canadian Government HP)

Public engagement is now part of the UK research landscape but challenges remain
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2018/02/21/a-work-in-progress-public-engagement-is-now-part-of-the-uk-research-landscape-but-challenges-remain/　 (LSE Blog）
 
Science needs to redefine excellence
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-02183-y  (Science）
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Source:

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• Twitter hashtag   #scisip、#scipolicy、 #scipol、#InnovationDeficit
• Accounts including @MIOIR、@sppgatech、@CSPO_ASU、@SPRU、@uclsteapp

• Institute for Research on Innovation & Science　 http://iris.isr.umich.edu/index.php/news/ 　
• Research Infrastructure for Research and Innovation Policy Studies http://risis.eu/events/
• Center for Science of Science and Innovation Policy http://cssip.org/
• Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI http://www.isi.fraunhofer.de/isi-en/index.php
• Institute For Research and Innovation in Society http://ifris.org/en/actualites/
• NESTA http://www.nesta.org.uk/   
• Joint Research Centre （European Commission）  https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/