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2018年09月09日

+STI Policy Articles Overseas (September 3-7, 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: The Conversation
Teaching the public more science likely won’t boost support for funding, but sparking their curiosity might
https://theconversation.com/teaching-the-public-more-science-likely-wont-boost-support-for-funding-but-sparking-their-curiosity-might-100940?utm_medium=email&utm_source=FYI&dm_i=1ZJN,5UDKQ,R7OZG8,MU3PL,1 
 
USA: The Scientist
Science journalists are essential to advancing the quality of the research enterprise.
https://www.the-scientist.com/editorial/no-enemy-64716?utm_medium=email&utm_source=FYI&dm_i=1ZJN,5UDKQ,R7OZG8,MU3PN,1  
 
USA: Talk by Michael Kratsios, OSTP Deputy Director
American leadership in technology
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=MkGkh_HMOSM&utm_medium=email&utm_source=FYI  

EU: Science|Business
Researchers will leave Europe if there is no early budget deal
https://sciencebusiness.net/framework-programmes/news/oettinger-researchers-will-leave-europe-if-there-no-early-budget-deal  

EU: Nature
Radical open-access plan could spell end to journal subscriptions
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06178-7 
 
(Reference: Science|Business)
EU and national funders launch plan for free and immediate open access to journals
https://sciencebusiness.net/news/eu-and-national-funders-launch-plan-free-and-immediate-open-access-journals
 
Japan: Science
Japan’s science ministry seeks large budget increase, prioritizing massive neutrino detector
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/09/japans-science-ministry-seeks-large-budget-increase-prioritizing-massive-neutrino?utm_medium=email&utm_source=FYI&dm_i=1ZJN,5UDKQ,R7OZG8,MU3JC,1  
 
France: Science
Celebrated environmental activist who became France’s ‘ecology minister’ calls it quits
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/08/celebrated-environmental-activist-who-became-france-s-ecology-minister-calls-it-quits?utm_medium=email&utm_source=FYI&dm_i=1ZJN,5UDKQ,R7OZG8,MU3JC,1 
 
UK: Science 
Female scientists urge research grants reform to tackle gender bias
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/08/celebrated-environmental-activist-who-became-france-s-ecology-minister-calls-it-quits?utm_medium=email&utm_source=FYI&dm_i=1ZJN,5UDKQ,R7OZG8,MU3JC,1 
 
World Bank: Nature
World Bank pours hundreds of millions into African science
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06094-w?utm_medium=email&utm_source=FYI&dm_i=1ZJN,5UDKQ,R7OZG8,MU3PJ,1 


 
Data: Nature
Google unveils search engine for open data
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06201-x 
https://toolbox.google.com/datasetsearch 
 
Critical Research: LSE
Impact from critical research: what might it look like and what support is required?
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2018/09/04/impact-from-critical-research-what-might-it-look-like-and-what-support-is-required/  




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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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