World News

2019年09月02日

+STI Policy Articles Overseas (August 22-28, 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 are expected to be of help to those involved in STI policymaking activities.

Trust in Research : Science|Business
Growth in data and questions on quality are increasing researcher workload, finds new study from Elsevier and Sense about Science
https://sciencebusiness.net/network-updates/growth-data-and-questions-quality-are-increasing-researcher-workload-finds-new

EU : Science|Business
Commission staff 'brainstorm' new ideas for incoming leadership
https://sciencebusiness.net/news/commission-staff-brainstorm-new-ideas-incoming-leadership　

Poland : Science|Business
Poland reforms innovation system in bid to emulate success of Finland's VTT and Germany's Fraunhofer
https://sciencebusiness.net/news/poland-reforms-innovation-system-bid-emulate-success-finlands-vtt-and-germanys-fraunhofer


EU : Science|Business
EU countries slip in world ranking of most-cited scientific publications
https://sciencebusiness.net/news-byte/eu-countries-slip-world-ranking-most-cited-scientific-publications　


China : Science|Business
Huawei launches world's most powerful AI processor
https://sciencebusiness.net/network-updates/huawei-launches-worlds-most-powerful-ai-processor

UK : Science|Business
UCL report: No-deal Brexit could disrupt EU/UK data flows
https://sciencebusiness.net/news/ucl-report-no-deal-brexit-could-disrupt-euuk-data-flows

France : Science|Business
French startup raises €1.8m to combat loneliness in chronic disease with help from EIT Health Investor Network
https://sciencebusiness.net/news/french-startup-raises-eu18m-combat-loneliness-chronic-disease-help-eit-health-investor-network

Chile : Science
Bill to fight sexual harassment in universities approved by Chilean Senate
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/08/bill-fight-sexual-harassment-universities-approved-chilean-senate

Germany : Science
More than 700 German research institutions strike open-access deal with Springer Nature
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/08/more-700-german-research-institutions-strike-open-access-deal-springer-nature

Australia : Science
Australia plans to tackle foreign influence at nation's universities
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/08/australia-plans-tackle-foreign-influence-nations-universities

UK : London School of Economics Impact Blog
Younger scientists need better support
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02561-0

UK : London School of Economics Impact Blog
Book Review: The Good University: What Universities Actually Do and Why It's Time for Radical Change by Raewyn Connell
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2019/08/25/book-review-the-good-university-what-universities-actually-do-and-why-its-time-for-radical-change-by-raewyn-connell/

Coal Consumption : Economist
Asia digs up and burns three-quarters of the world's coal
tps://www.economist.com/asia/2019/08/22/asia-digs-up-and-burns-three-quarters-of-the-worlds-coal