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2018年08月20日

+STI Policy Articles Overseas (August 13-17, 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: STAT
Can this man bring science back to the White House?
https://www.statnews.com/2018/08/10/ostp-droegemeier-health-research/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=FYI&dm_i=1ZJN,5T0RE,R7OZG8,MO2E9,1  

USA: Fedscoop
Tech fellows provide value for members of Congress — but is it enough?
https://www.fedscoop.com/tech-fellows-provide-value-members-congress-enough/　
 
(Referance: TechCongress)
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/552c519fe4b0906b45bb9b8d/t/5b622e7a575d1fcd22f8b95f/1533161085901/TechCongress+Evaluation+Findings+PUBLIC+version+August+2018.pdf
 
USA: Scientific American
How to Create a Science Policy Group
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/how-to-create-a-science-policy-group/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=FYI&dm_i=1ZJN,5T0RE,R7OZG8,MO2EH,1　 
 
USA: The Hill
Time to reinforce the building blocks of the American dream
http://thehill.com/opinion/education/399513-time-to-reinforce-the-building-blocks-of-the-american-dream?utm_medium=email&utm_source=FYI&dm_i=1ZJN,5T0RE,R7OZG8,MO2EK,1  
 
USA: Nature Index
Can automated tools reliably rate research reproducibility?
https://www.natureindex.com/news-blog/adam-russell-the-search-for-automated-tools-to-rate-research-reproducibility?utm_medium=email&utm_source=FYI&dm_i=1ZJN,5T0RE,R7OZG8,MO2ET,1 
 
USA: New York Times
China’s Challenge Is America’s Opportunity
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/08/opinion/china-technology-trade-united-states.html?utm_medium=email&utm_source=FYI&dm_i=1ZJN,5T0RE,R7OZG8,MO2EI,1 

(Reference:  The Hill)
What America must do to remain the world’s high-tech leader
http://thehill.com/opinion/technology/401034-what-america-must-do-to-remain-the-worlds-high-tech-leader?utm_medium=email&utm_source=FYI&dm_i=1ZJN,5T0RE,R7OZG8,MO2EK,1 
 
EU: *Research
ERC to recognise preprints
https://www.researchresearch.com/news/article/?articleId=1376714&utm_medium=email&utm_source=FYI&dm_i=1ZJN,5T0RE,R7OZG8,MO2FS,1 
 
JAPAN: Nature Index
Japan weighs the value of imported academics
https://www.natureindex.com/news-blog/japan-weighs-the-value-of-imported-academics?utm_medium=email&utm_source=FYI&dm_i=1ZJN,5T0RE,R7OZG8,MO2ET,1 
 
UK: Higher Education Policy Institute
UK slips behind the US, which takes the number one slot, for educating the world’s leaders
https://www.hepi.ac.uk/2018/08/14/uk-slips-behind-us-takes-number-one-slot-educating-worlds-leaders/ 
 
UK: Physics Today
Patricia Fara on the British women scientists who broke barriers
https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/PT.6.4.20180810a/full/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=FYI&dm_i=1ZJN,5T0RE,R7OZG8,MO2FR,1 

 
 
Science and Society: Science
Building an evidence base for stakeholder engagement
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/361/6402/554?utm_medium=email&utm_source=FYI&dm_i=1ZJN,5T0RE,R7OZG8,MO2EM,1  

Basic Science: The Conversation
Funding basic research plays the long game for future payoffs
https://theconversation.com/funding-basic-research-plays-the-long-game-for-future-payoffs-100435?utm_medium=email&utm_source=FYI&dm_i=1ZJN,5T0RE,R7OZG8,MO2EL,1 

Open Data: Scientific American
How Freely Should Scientists Share Their Data?
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/how-freely-should-scientists-share-their-data/


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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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