World News

2018年04月17日

+STI Policy Articles Overseas (April 9-13, 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.

Federal Research and Development (R&D) Funding: FY2019
https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R45150.pdf  (Congressional Research Sergice）
 
2018 March for Science will be far more than street protests
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/04/2018-march-science-will-be-far-more-street-protests　 (Science）
 
(Reference)
March for Science 2017: A Survey of Participants and Followers　(George Mason University)
https://www.climatechangecommunication.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/March_for_Science_2017_survey.pdf　
 
Why Philanthropists Care about Basic Science
http://www.sciencephilanthropyalliance.org/talking-in-texas-about-science-philanthropy-why-philanthropists-care-about-basic-science-alliance-blog/?utm_source=Website+Newsletter+Signups&utm_campaign=fe2d6f9825-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_32b096a1e5-fe2d6f9825-195517109　 (Science Philanthropy Alliance）
 
Preparing FP9 - Designing the successor to the Horizon 2020 research and innovation framework programme
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/IDAN/2018/620215/EPRS_IDA(2018)620215_EN.pdf  (European Parliamentary Research Service)
 
Changes arise for industry and non-EU roles in FP9
https://www.researchresearch.com/news/article/?articleId=1374320　 (Research Magazine)
 
Dr. Patrick Vallance takes up his appointment as Government Chief Scientific Adviser
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/dr-patrick-vallance-takes-up-his-appointment-as-government-chief-scientific-adviser　(UK Government HP)
 
UK Philanthropists’ Views on Supporting Science Research
http://www.sciencephilanthropyalliance.org/uk-philanthropists-views-on-supporting-science-research-alliance-blog/　 (Science Philanthropy Alliance）
 
Beijing launches pioneering brain-science centre
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-04122-3　 (Nature)
 
China issues regulations for improving security and management of scientific data
https://www.opengovasia.com/articles/china-issues-regulations-for-improving-security-and-management-of-scientific-data　 (OpenGov）
 
Science for state legislatures
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6384/9.full　 (Science）
 
Is Science Hitting a Wall?
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/is-science-hitting-a-wall/　 (Scientific American）

Here's Why the Government Should Fund "Gee-Whiz" Science
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/heres-why-the-government-should-fund-gee-whiz-science/　 (Scientific American）
 
The proportion of co-authored research articles has risen markedly in recent decades
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2018/04/04/the-proportion-of-co-authored-research-articles-has-risen-markedly-in-recent-decades/　（LSE Blog）
 
University of Cambridge Centre for Science and Policy：CSaP Annual Report 2017
http://www.csap.cam.ac.uk/about-csap/annual-report/　（CSaP HP）
 
Measuring Science, Technology, and Innovation: A Review
https://www.nowpublishers.com/article/Details/ASTP-005　（BOW Publishing）
 
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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/
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