World News

2018年03月13日

+STI Policy Articles Overseas (March 5-9, 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.

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Canadian science wins billions in new budget
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-02529-6　(Nature)

Europe’s influential science-policy chief on his successes and disappointments
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-02508-x  (Nature)

EU research chief’s next act: changing the future of academic publishing
https://sciencebusiness.net/framework-programmes/news/eu-research-chiefs-next-act-changing-future-academic-publishing  (Science|Business)

My year as a fed
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/359/6379/1066  (Science）

Science & Technology Highlights in the First Year of the Trump Administration
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Administration-2017-ST-Highligh  (White House HP)

DARPA Chief Describes Promising Future Technologies
https://www.defense.gov/News/Article/Article/1455310/darpa-chief-describes-promising-future-technologies/　 (DARPA HP）

AAAS’ Center of Science, Policy and Society Programs Has New Director
https://www.aaas.org/news/aaas-center-science-policy-and-society-programs-has-new-director　(AAAS HP）

End in sight for Chinese brain drain as investment pays off
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/end-sight-chinese-brain-drain-investment-pays　(Times Higher Education HP）

The New Arms Race in AI
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-new-arms-race-in-ai-1520009261　 (Wall Street Journal）

Gender matters
http://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/PT.3.3870　 (Physics Today)

Japan tests the waters for hosting International Linear Collider
http://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/PT.3.3867　 (Physics Today)

Physics and human rights
http://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/PT.3.3857　 (Physics Today）

Why I won’t be silenced on climate resilience
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-02405-3  (Nature）

Donald Trump’s know-nothing science budget
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/donald-trumps-know-nothing-science-budget　(New Yorker）

How to bring science and technology expertise to state governments
http://www.pnas.org/content/115/9/1952　 (US Science Academies）

Reasonable Versus Unreasonable Doubt   (American Scientist)
https://www.americanscientist.org/article/reasonable-versus-unreasonable-doubt

National Science Foundation to close its overseas offices
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/02/national-science-foundation-close-its-overseas-offices  (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/