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2018年06月23日

+STI Policy Articles Overseas (June 18-22, 2018) collected by CRDS

Center for Research and Development Strategy (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.


USA: AAAS: The Federal Government is Tweaking What Counts as R&D 
https://www.aaas.org/news/federal-government-tweaking-what-counts-rd-qa




USA: fedscoop:
Attempt to reinstate the congressional technology office falls flat in House  
https://www.fedscoop.com/house-office-of-technology-assessment-fails/

USA:  House Committee on Science, Space and Technology: 
Smith Announces Intent to Introduce National Quantum Initiative Act, Hosts First Quantum Computer on Capitol Hill 
https://science.house.gov/news/press-releases/smith-announces-intent-introduce-national-quantum-initiative-act-hosts-first

USA:  National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) :
Funding Breakthrough Research: Promises and Challenges of the "ARPA Model"  
http://www.nber.org/papers/w24674  (outline)  ; http://www.nber.org/chapters/c14096.pdf  (full report)

EU: Science: European Union, worried about rising tensions, plans to boost military research 
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/06/european-union-worried-about-rising-tensions-plans-boost-military-research

(Reference): Sciene/Busiess: EU sets objectives for €13B defence research fund 
https://sciencebusiness.net/news/eu-sets-objectives-eu13b-defence-research-fund　

EU: *Research: Embezzlement of research funds is a problem, investigators say 
https://www.researchresearch.com/news/article/?articleId=1375632

UK: Royal Society: Brexit and UK science  
https://royalsociety.org/topics-policy/projects/brexit-uk-science/ 

NZ: Nature: New Zealand appoints first female chief scientific adviser 
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05443-z

World: The Conversation:
Could science diplomacy be the key to stabilizing international relations?  
https://theconversation.com/could-science-diplomacy-be-the-key-to-stabilizing-international-relations-87836

USA & CHINA: Project Syndicate: The Great Tech Race 
https://www.project-syndicate.org/bigpicture/the-great-tech-race

UK: LES Impact Blog:
Journal data sharing policies are moving the scientific community towards greater openness but clearly more work remains 
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2018/06/14/journal-data-sharing-policies-are-moving-the-scientific-community-towards-greater-openness-but-clearly-more-work-remains/


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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/