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2018年12月17日

+STI Policy Articles Overseas (December 10-14, 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 : Science / NSF NCSES
For new Ph.D. recipients, postgraduation employment numbers are on the rise
https://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2018/12/new-phd-recipients-postgraduation-employment-numbers-are-rise 
https://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsf19301/report　
 
USA : NSF
Higher education research and development expenditures increased 4.7 percent from FY2016 to FY2017
https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=297222  
https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/2019/nsf19302/ 
https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/2019/nsf19302/nsf19302.pdf 


 
USA : Science
Trump emphasizes workforce training in new vision for STEM education
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/12/trump-emphasizes-workforce-training-new-vision-stem-education  
 
USA : Politico
How A Divided Congress Could Unite Around Tech
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/12/06/how-a-divided-congress-could-unite-around-tech-222764  
 
USA : The Chronicle of Higher Education
Bridging the Gap Between Science and Government
https://www.chronicle.com/article/Bridging-the-Gap-Between/245284  
 
EU : Nature
Plan S will hit some academic societies hard
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07609-1  
 
CHINA : Bloomberg
China Announces Punishments for Intellectual-Property Theft
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-04/china-announces-new-punishments-for-intellectual-property-theft 

(Reference: The Library of Economics and Liberty)
How should we think about the theft of intellectual property?
https://www.econlib.org/how-should-we-think-about-the-theft-of-intellectual-property/
 
UK : Science
Uncertainty boosts Brexit jitters for U.K. scientists
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/362/6419/1092  
 
UK : Nature
Government loyalist appointed new UK science minister as Brexit woes continue
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07655-9  
 
Article : Acquisition Talk 
Is science slowing down? A dissenting opinion.
https://acquisitiontalk.com/2018/12/is-science-slowing-down/  

(Reference : Slate Star Codex)
Is Science Slowing Down?
http://slatestarcodex.com/2018/11/26/is-science-slowing-down-2/ 


 
Interview : Quanta Magazine
On the Best Use of Science to Safeguard Humanity
https://www.quantamagazine.org/martin-rees-on-the-future-of-science-and-humanity-20181205/  
 
Interview : The Guardian
Nobel laureate Donna Strickland: ‘I see myself as a scientist, not a woman in science’
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/oct/20/nobel-laureate-donna-strickland-i-see-myself-as-a-scientist-not-a-woman-in-science  

 

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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/