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2018年09月01日

+STI Policy Articles Overseas (August 27-31, 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.


EU: Science
Europe's plans for responsible science
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/361/6404/761.2

UK: BBC News
No-deal Brexit 'worse than thought' for science
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45303280

(Reference: The Independent)
Scientists fear loss of half a billion pounds of EU funding after no-deal Brexit
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/brexit-no-deal-eu-horizon2020-dominic-raab-a8506146.html
 
USA: Scientific American
Top Priorities for Trump's Science Advisor
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/top-priorities-for-trumps-science-advisor2/
 
USA: Pew Charitable Trust
The Role of Outcome Monitoring in Evidence Based Policymaking
http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/issue-briefs/2018/08/the-role-of-outcome-monitoring-in-evidence-based-policymaking
 
         
 
Importance of Evidence-based Policymaking: Nature
Help to shape policy with your science　
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06038-4

Prof. Tateo Arimoto, GRIPS Visiting Professor and Deputy Director of SciREX Program (photo below), says “engaging in policy has never been more important” in this article. He continues "society and the world are changing rapidly and policymakers need scientific evidence to guide decisions on issues from climate change to artificial intelligence. The mission of modern science is not only creating new knowledge, but using scientific knowledge to address social issues."  The article is titled: Help to shape policy with your science.

        
 
Social Science to analyze S&T policy: University of Sussex
The Joys of Truth: Science Policy in the Public Interest
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/spru/newsandevents/2018/publications/joysoftruth
https://www.sussex.ac.uk/webteam/gateway/file.php?name=the-joys-of-truth---v3---print.pdf&site=25
 
Career Path:  Nature
How working as a research technician can bolster your scientific career
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05991-4

After Ph.D.: Earth & Space Science News (EOS)
Preparing Graduate Students for STEM Careers Outside Academia
https://eos.org/opinions/preparing-graduate-students-for-stem-careers-outside-academia


       
(Reference: National Academy of Science)
Graduate STEM Education for the 21st Century
https://www.nap.edu/catalog/25038/graduate-stem-education-for-the-21st-century

Interational Research Collaboration: Research Policy
International research collaboration: An emerging domain of innovation studies?
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048733318301926


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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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