World News

2019年01月23日

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 : Nature
Science and the shutdown: 5 things to watch as US impasse drags on
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00082-4?utm_medium=email&utm_source=FYI&dm_i=1ZJN,62OVV,R7OZG8,NUEXO,1

(Reference: PBS News Hour)
With the government shutdown, American scientific progress is disrupted
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/with-the-government-shutdown-american-scientific-progress-is-disrupted?utm_medium=email&utm_source=FYI&dm_i=1ZJN,62OVV,R7OZG8,NUEYF,1

USA : Roll Call
Government’s data policies enter the 21st century — finally
https://www.rollcall.com/news/opinion/governments-data-policies-enter-21st-century-finally

USA : The Conversation
Calling it a ‘war on science’ has consequences
https://theconversation.com/calling-it-a-war-on-science-has-consequences-108302?utm_medium=amptwitter&utm_source=twitter

USA : EurekAlert!/American College of Physicians
American College of Physicians releases new edition of Ethics Manual
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-01/acop-aco010819.php
http://annals.org/aim/fullarticle/2720883/american-college-physicians-ethics-manual-seventh-edition

USA : Atlanta Conference
Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy - 2019
http://www.atlconf.org/

OECD : OECD Forum
The progressive evolution of innovation policy towards societal challenges
https://www.oecd-forum.org/users/196876-ian-hughes/posts/41056-in-my-view-the-progressive-evolution-of-innovation-policy-towards-societal-challenges

EU : Science|Business
Commission’s new €9.2B procurement programme aims to grab EU the lead in supercomputing
https://sciencebusiness.net/news/commissions-new-eu92b-procurement-programme-aims-grab-eu-lead-supercomputing

EU : Eurostat News Release
R&D expenditure in the EU increased slightly to 2.07% of GDP in 2017
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/2995521/9483597/9-10012019-AP-EN.pdf/856ce1d3-b8a8-4fa6-bf00-a8ded6dd1cc1

(Reference: Economist)
Red Moon Rising: How China could dominate science
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2019/01/12/how-china-could-dominate-science?utm_medium=email&utm_source=FYI&dm_i=1ZJN,62OVV,R7OZG8,NUEZK,1

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Source:

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