Based on an analysis of EU funded research, Rachel Fishberg shows how inequalities continue to persist within the Global North research funding landscape and how attempts to create representative research projects can still reproduce research framed la…
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Inequality beyond representation in European research funding
Based on an analysis of EU funded research, Rachel Fishberg shows how inequalities continue to persist within the Global North research funding landscape and how attempts to create representative research projects can still reproduce research framed la…
Four challenges for funding research with societal goals
Drawing on a recent study of systemic challenges to delivering research funding for societal change and evidence from a recent meeting of research funders, Andreas Kjær Stage, Carter Walter Bloch, Duncan Andrew Thomas, Maria-Theresa Norn and Irene Ramo…
How to make Theories of Change deliver societal impact
Theories of Change have become a popular mechanism for research funders to build impact into the design phase of research projects. Laurens Hessels, Fedes van Rijn, Stefan de Jong, Wendy Reijmerink, Jeroen van Houwelingen, Allison McIntosh, Gerald Jan …
Can generative AI add anything to academic peer review?
Although generative AI applications promise efficiency and can benefit the peer review process, given their shortcomings and our limited knowledge of their innerworkings, Mohammad Hosseini and Serge P.J.M. Horbach argue they should not be used independ…
Calls for new Manhattan Projects overlook crucial aspects of the World War II crisis innovation model
The Manhattan Project is often invoked as a model for mission-driven research projects, such as the search for a Covid-19 vaccine. Daniel P. Gross and Bhaven N. Sampat argue that the broader U.S. approach to mobilising science and technology in World W…
The benefits of Open science are not inevitable: monitoring its development should be value-led
Open science is increasingly becoming a policy focus and paradigm for all scientific research. Ismael Rafols, Ingeborg Meijer and Jordi Molas-Gallart argue that attempts to monitor the transition to open science should be informed by the values underpi…
Excluding the social sciences, arts and humanities from reporting downplays their importance to research, development and innovation
Drawing on findings from a new report into how the social sciences, humanities and arts (SHAPE) disciplines are understood and deployed in policy and industry, Eleanor Hopkins suggests inconsistent reporting and incentives contribute underestimation of…
We are in a period of science policy innovation, yet there are major evidence gaps in evaluating their effectiveness
Considering a series of proposed policy changes by the National Institutes of Health, Micah Altman and Philip N. Cohen, argue they highlight wider systematic gaps in the evaluation of operational science policies and signal an urgent need to increase f…
A fairer way to finance tertiary education
Nicholas Barr dispels some of the commonly held myths around higher education funding and outlines the core elements of a financing system guided by principles of fairness and efficiency. This post originally appeared on the LSE British Politics and Po…