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2018年09月29日

+STI Policy Articles Overseas (September 24-28, 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: Washington Post
Legislators struggle with tech. That’s why we need the Office of Technology Assessment.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06762-x?utm_medium=email&utm_source=FYI&dm_i=1ZJN,5VNE2,R7OZG8,MZT79,1  


 
USA: Nature
Revamped US biodefence strategy adds natural disasters and lab accidents
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06762-x?utm_medium=email&utm_source=FYI&dm_i=1ZJN,5VNE2,R7OZG8,MZT79,1  
 
(Reference: White House)
Presidential Memorandum on the Support for National Biodefense
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/presidential-memorandum-support-national-biodefense/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=FYI&dm_i=1ZJN,5VNE2,R7OZG8,MZT67,1 
 
EU: *Research
Ministers to debate the purpose of Horizon Europe
https://www.researchresearch.com/news/article/?articleId=1377326&utm_medium=email&utm_source=FYI&dm_i=1ZJN,5VNE2,R7OZG8,MZT88,1　

UK: *Research
Barriers to migration threaten UK-India joint R&D future, experts say
https://www.researchresearch.com/news/article/?articleId=1377313&utm_medium=email&utm_source=FYI&dm_i=1ZJN,5VNE2,R7OZG8,MZT88,1
 
Science is: Science
Toward a more scientific science
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/361/6408/1194?utm_medium=email&utm_source=FYI&dm_i=1ZJN,5VNE2,R7OZG8,MZT7G,1  
 
Meta-anallyses: Science
Meta-analyses were supposed to end scientific debates. Often, they only cause more controversy
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/09/meta-analyses-were-supposed-end-scientific-debates-often-they-only-cause-more?utm_medium=email&utm_source=FYI&dm_i=1ZJN,5VNE2,R7OZG8,MZT6J,1  
 
Researchers' Mobility: AAAS
Survey on Global Research Travel Finds Benefits and Barriers
https://www.aaas.org/news/survey-global-research-travel-finds-benefits-and-barriers?utm_medium=email&utm_source=FYI&dm_i=1ZJN,5VNE2,R7OZG8,MZT87,1  
 
(Reference: Rand Europe)
International Movement and Science
https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR2690.html 
 
Scientific Success: Nature Index
How predictable is scientific success?
https://www.natureindex.com/news-blog/how-predictable-is-scientific-success  
 
Academic Conference: Longon School of Economics
The academic conference is an underexploited space for stimulating policy impact
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2018/09/24/the-academic-conference-is-an-underexploited-space-for-stimulating-policy-impact/  
 
University Ranking: Times Higher Education
World University Rankings 2019: results announced
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/world-university-rankings-2019-results-announced  
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/world-university-rankings-2019-future-beyond-borders  
  
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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/