analysing international trends in research priorities, and identifying possible priority tracks for research (see Glod, Duprel,
and thematic research priorities were collected from 13 countries. The latter was combined with the findings of interviews to generate an initial‘long-list'of topics to be tested'by the research community.
assessment of domains Future trends Luxembourg context Research priorities candidates Conclusion & recommendations Phase 2: Setting Context/Identifying Priorities Data collection Bibliometrics Interviews International research trends Evaluation of FNR programmes Mapping of Lux.
to frame tentative research priorities in concrete terms, to finalise their definitions, to reviewthe underpinnings for their objectives
Later on, it even requested the Fund to broaden the scope of the analysis from the‘mere'definition of new FNR programmes to the identification of nationwide research priorities, i e.‘
and technology priority setting in a small country 941 research was not to fall under identified research priorities.
which presented them as the research priorities for Luxembourg to the MCHER. An even more fundamental problem lay with the widening of the exercise's scope to include identification of‘national'priorities
2) Research priorities and knowledge transfer;(3) Science and society;(4) Urban development for research. Downloaded by University of Bucharest at 05:10 03 december 2014 Trade-offs between policy impacts of future-oriented analysis 959 Panel 1 FTI in business Integrative concept for RTI-strategy Panel
It is clear that the research priorities set at EU level are disconnected not from the Member States strategic choices (articulated by the European parliament and the Council.
In this paper we aim to question the‘traditional'stand-alone type of foresight activity which aims to develop research priorities.
which could inform the work of the Research prioritisation Steering Group. The aim was to synthesise the materials into a collection of 12 (or so) challenges.
The research implications developed were based on the consultants'experience in research prioritisation exercises, international comparators and the inputs from the Roundtables. 4. 2 Participants'views of global drivers and trends:
Although this is not a final assessment of how the project has been used to inform research priorities, there are some important implications for foresight practice in RTDI and grand challenges.
They do not constitute decisions made by Forfa's nor any other organisation involved in the research prioritisation exercise.
and using scenarios and orienting innovation systems and research priorities 6. Technological forecasting & Social Change 80 (2013) 432 443 Corresponding author.
The 3rd SCAR foresight exercise (see Appendix 1) also falls into this group with its focus on research priorities
In the project report, the insights of the foresight exercise are used to articulate the research priorities. Still, the implementation could be improved with regards to knowledge dissemination e g. education
and select research priorities to be funded in collaboration with the IMS region in this timeline. Results are currently being used to develop further framework programme (FP) 7 calls and in shaping future RI calls from 2014.
which is acknowledged in the research 2015 document (Daniis Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, 2008) that sets the stage for research prioritisation in Denmark for the coming four years in a clear relationnshi to the challenges facing
and sub-national foresight exercises, followed by scenarios, analysis of trends and drivers and research priorities. There were also interesting differences observed.
Research priority setting in China Mats Benner1, Li Liu2, *and Sylvia Schwaag Serger1 1lund University research Policy Institute, P o box 117, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden, 2institute of Science, Technology and Society, School of Humanities
Thirdly, the process of setting research priorities is characterized by a combination of central goal articulation top-down decision-making and decentralization
and how research priorities should be set. That is, whether the massive spikes in public resources should be transmitted to universities and research councils,
1. 2 Analytical assumptions On the basis of this discussion, we argue that research priority-setting may take the following (not mutually exclussive directions:
However, Emerging s&t systems, such as China's, combine rapid advances in S&t resources with significant Research priority setting in China. 259 systemic immaturities regarding for example funding allocattio mechanisms,
How are research priorities set in China?.What are its defining characteristics and practices: for which purposes is funding allocated,
Priorities expreesse in the MLP include‘strategic priorities'(zhanlue Research priority setting in China. 261 zhongdian),
Table 2. Structure of national S&t programs Research priority setting in China. 263 By classifying national S&t programs into these categories,
there has been a trend towards increasing diversification of research priorities by including diffusion-but also excellenceorieente measures.
Research priority setting in China. 265 the ideal of planning also shapes and influences programs for excellence.
Process characteristics We now identify some key elements of processes characterizing research priority-setting and program design in China.
Research priority setting in China. 269 Hao, X. 2008)‘ Science in China: You say you want a revolutioon'Science, 322/5902: 664 6. Hu, M.-C. and Mathews, J. A. 2008)‘ China's national innovatiiv capacity',Research policy, 37: 1465 79.
Liu, L. 2009) Research priorities and priority-setting in China. Stockholm: Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation systems (VINNOVA.
and efforts to define the research agenda, setting research priorities and specialisation focus. Disruptive events in recent years have made apparent critical weaknesses in the capacity to anticipate,
ICSU has been using foresight practices for some time to determine research priorities (Teixeira et al. 2002) and to develop mobilising visions of the orientation of whole research fields (ICSU 2010).
In contrast to these earlier foresight approaches, the exercise described in this paper neither attempted to identify research priorities nor did it focus on any particulla research field.
Seiser (2010) identifies eight tensions in research priority setting from the point-of-view of policy-makers and scientists (see Table 1). A third set of tensions relates to the multi-disciplinary and multilevel complexity of societal challenges.
and project levels (see Table 2). Table 1. Tensions in transnational research priority setting between science and policy-making, based on experiences with identification of joint programming initiatives.
Based on Seiser (2010) Drivers of transnational research priority setting from point-of-view of science Drivers of transnational research priority setting from point-of-view of policy-making Bottom-up Top-down More focus on scientific frontier Feeding
For instance in Europe knowledgeshaarin platforms offer tools, good practices and informattio on the current (through mapping of existing programmes), planned (through policy documents) and possible future7 state of research priority setting and research systems.
and collecting informmatio on the views of different stakeholder groups within these research systems on future issues such as research priorities and implementation modes.
Food Security and Climate change have no openness to other EU Member States. 7. Platforms collecting data on foresight exercises can offer deeper insights into possible and desired futures of research priorities, e g.<
, J. and Rudd, M. 2011)‘ Methods for collaboratively identifying research priorities and emerging issues in science and policy',Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2: 238 47.
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