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2019年01月12日

+STI Policy Articles Overseas (January 7-11, 2019) 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 : New York Times
Toll on Science and Research Mounts as Government Shutdown Continues
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/05/us/government-shutdown-science.html  

(Reference: Science) 
U.S. government shutdown starts to take a bite out of science
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/01/us-government-shutdown-starts-take-bite-out-science 

USA : Politico
On Democrats’ wish list: Tech help for a clueless Congress
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/29/democrats-technology-congress-1074187?utm_medium=email&utm_source=FYI&dm_i=1ZJN,6255V,R7OZG8,NS1TK,1  
 
USA : Business Insider
Congress just got a bumper-crop of scientists. Meet the 11 new science whizzes on Capitol Hill.
https://www.businessinsider.com/new-scientists-in-congress-senate-house-of-representatives-2019-1?utm_medium=email&utm_source=FYI&dm_i=1ZJN%2C6255V%2CR7OZG8%2CNS1TL%2C1
 
USA : Wall Street Journal
U.S. Grip on the Market for Higher Education Is Slipping
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-grip-on-the-market-for-higher-education-is-slipping-11545319853?utm_medium=email&utm_source=FYI&dm_i=1ZJN,6255V,R7OZG8,NS1TP,1  
 
USA : Data Coalition/US Congress
OPEN Government Data Act
https://www.datacoalition.org/open-government-data-act/  
https://sparcopen.org/our-work/open-government-data-act/
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1770 

USA : Physics Today
Modern society depends on publicly supported science
https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/PT.3.4104?utm_medium=email&utm_source=FYI&dm_i=1ZJN,6255V,R7OZG8,NS1TN,1  

EU : Science
Will the world embrace Plan S, the radical proposal to mandate open access to science papers?
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/01/will-world-embrace-plan-s-radical-proposal-mandate-open-access-science-papers?utm_medium=email&utm_source=FYI&dm_i=1ZJN,6255V,R7OZG8,NS1TB,1　 
 


UK : *Research
Research-intensive universities report drop in EU students
https://www.researchresearch.com/news/article/?articleId=1379085  
 
SPAIN : Nature
Spain to establish parliamentary office of scienceh
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07823-x?utm_medium=email&utm_source=FYI&dm_i=1ZJN,6255V,R7OZG8,NS1TC,1 
 
CHINA : South China Morning Post
As China and US spar over tech, scientists would rather not talk about their talent awards
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2180752/china-and-us-spar-over-tech-scientists-would-rather-not-talk?utm_medium=email&utm_source=FYI&dm_i=1ZJN,6255V,R7OZG8,NS1UP,1 
 
INDIA : Science
Struggling to make ends meet, India’s early-career scientists take to the streets
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/01/struggling-make-ends-meet-indias-early-career-scientists-take-streets?utm_medium=email&utm_source=FYI&dm_i=1ZJN,6255V,R7OZG8,NS1TB,1  
 
Nature
The future of the scientific conference
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07779-y?utm_medium=email&utm_source=FYI&dm_i=1ZJN,6255V,R7OZG8,NS1TC,1 
 
Nature
Nature at 150
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07844-6?utm_medium=email&utm_source=FYI&dm_i=1ZJN,6255V,R7OZG8,NS1TC,1  

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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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