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2018年07月14日

+STI Policy Articles Overseas (July 9-13, 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: Pew Research Center:
Americans broadly favor government funding for medical and science research
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/07/03/americans-broadly-favor-government-funding-for-medical-and-science-research/  


 
USA: Science|Business
Failure to appoint White House science adviser ‘very serious’, says EU research chief
https://sciencebusiness.net/news/failure-appoint-white-house-science-adviser-very-serious-says-eu-research-chief 

EU-USA: Science|Business
Despite tensions, US and EU seek to boost science collaboration
https://sciencebusiness.net/framework-programmes/news/despite-tensions-us-and-eu-seek-boost-science-collaboration  
 
EU: Nature
Europe’s biggest research fund cracks down on ‘ethics dumping’
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05616-w?utm_medium=email&utm_source=FYI&dm_i=1ZJN,5QQOC,R7OZG8,MDOZ7,1 

CHINA: Xinhua News
China streamlines evaluation of scientific research
http://english.gov.cn/policies/latest_releases/2018/07/03/content_281476207880722.htm?utm_medium=email&utm_source=FYI&dm_i=1ZJN,5QQOC,R7OZG8,MDOZ3,1 
 
FRANCE: LIBER - (Association of European Research Library)
France’s National Plan for Open Science
https://libereurope.eu/blog/2018/07/05/frenchopenscienceplan/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=FYI&dm_i=1ZJN,5QQOC,R7OZG8,MDP10,1  (English version)
https://libereurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2018.07.04-ANGLAIS-Discours-Science-Ouverte-%C3%A0-LIBER-VALIDE-Final.pdf  (Education & Research Minister speech)
https://libereurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/SO_A4_2018_05-EN_print.pdf (whole plan) 

EU: Guardian
Elsevier are corrupting open science in Europe
https://www.theguardian.com/science/political-science/2018/jun/29/elsevier-are-corrupting-open-science-in-europe  
 
(Reference: Elsevier Blog) 
Elsevier serves the global research community to deliver open science
https://www.elsevier.com/connect/elsevier-serves-the-global-research-community-to-deliver-open-science?utm_medium=email&utm_source=FYI&dm_i=1ZJN,5QQOC,R7OZG8,MDP03,1 )
 
(Reference: Retraction Watch)
What happened when Elsevier tried open peer review? And which field says “no, thanks?”
https://retractionwatch.com/2018/07/03/what-happened-when-elsevier-tried-open-peer-review-and-which-field-says-no-thanks/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=FYI&dm_i=1ZJN,5QQOC,R7OZG8,MDP04,1 
 
GLOBAL: Scientific American
We Should Reward Scientists for Communicating to the Public
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/we-should-reward-scientists-for-communicating-to-the-public/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=FYI&dm_i=1ZJN,5QQOC,R7OZG8,MDOZU,1  
 
(Reference: Nature)
Why scientists should communicate hope whilst avoiding hype
http://blogs.nature.com/naturejobs/2018/07/06/why-scientists-should-communicate-hope-whilst-avoiding-hype/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=FYI&dm_i=1ZJN,5QQOC,R7OZG8,MDOZV,1 
 
GLOBAL: MIT Technology Review
Let’s make private data into a public good
ps://www.technologyreview.com/s/611489/lets-make-private-data-into-a-public-good/  
 
GLOBAL: LSE Blog 
Evidence-informed policymaking: does knowledge brokering work?
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2018/07/05/evidence-informed-policymaking-does-knowledge-brokering-work/ 

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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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