WIWES contributed by Omid Omidvar
Relatively few of the reported policy initiatives aim at imp ...
One of the most striking observations is the low absolute number of reported initiatives intended at improving employment conditions and social security benefits (36/283). A total of eleven EU countries had not introduced any i...
Different employment policies in different EU members makes ...
With the drive towards autonomy, (Member States) MS appear to have few active policies to promote improved terms of employment and careers for researchers. Conditions of employment differ markedly too, with a broad split betwee...
Giving preference to UIC projects may have consequence of cr ...
There is a gap in terms of funds received between Northern and Western countries on one hand and Eastern and some Southern countries on the other hand. Considering that the FP allocates funds on the basis of the quality of the ...
ERA's emphasis on cross-border cooperation won't necessarily ...
The assumption that relatively stronger crossborder cooperation results in a higher degree of integration in the ERA, may require a closer view. Thus regions may pursue an unduly selective internationalization strategy. In this...
Rapid research growth in scientific disciplines and industri ...
The growth in the number of researchers is matched by a slightly lower growth in expenditures (2% a year, in constant prices). The slight mismatch between the increase in researchers and in expenditures can be explained by a mo...
Those areas of knowledge which are not located at the fronti ...
The top research universities examined in this report are more involved in thematic priorities that are closer to the frontier of knowledge such as life sciences, nanotechnologies and information society.
Openness to research partners from non-EU countries attenuat ...
In most cases, the objective is to internationalise domestic research systems with a view on reaching a higher quality and level of excellence. Those criteria are guiding the rules for funding (e.g. selection of mobile research...
"Smart Specialisation" will reduce the risk of emerging subc ...
Too many regions in Europe opt to compete in the same worldwide or European tournament in the field of biotechnologies or information technologies. This sheep-like behaviour inevitably leads to a collection of subcritical syste...
R&D policies associated with the objective of "encouraging p ...
Policy metrics often depend on policy objectives. In the EU, there is a diversity of policy objectives regarding the role of university patents and university-industry cooperation: ‘effective knowledge sharing’, ‘strength...
The EU R&D policy will lose its effectiveness due to lack of ...
Some EU Member States are nationally and globally focused and not necessarily EU focused in terms of R&D policy. On the other hand we can also see at the moment that the ERA needs a new direction. The current studies and web si...
Inter-regional networking does not significantly enhance tec ...
Findings indicate that there are distinct paths to obtaining "critical mass" for scientific and technological research. The regional agglomeration of innovation capacity is important for the productivity of technological resear...
Academic control is getting attenuated by businesses and com ...
At an institution level, reform is evident in the reduction of direct political influence and the attenuation of academic control by business and community interests within university governing bodies. University management tea...
Some regional investments are not contributing to regional d ...
One of the main messages of this report is that policy makers should be clear about the potential impact of research investments and related measures under specific regional techno-economic circumstances and these long term inv...
Service sector R&D will cease recession
A main R&D growth driver over the last decade has been the service sector, in particular computer based services, even during the recent economic downturn – the service sector was also responsible for most growth in numbers o...
No private sector research in future across the Europe
Manufacturing still accounts for about 80% of total BERD and researcher numbers, making it the core of the EU's private sector research – manufacturing R&D also remained fairly stable during the recent economic downturn, whic...
