On Friday 29th of May, the 3° RISIS POLICYMAKERS SESSION entitled “A comparison of US and European Universities: the strong relationship between revenues and excellence” took place in an online format because of the Covid-19 emergency. The conference focused on the results of a recent study published on PlosOne, and titled Scientific output scales with resources. A comparison of US and European Universities , conducted by Università della Svizzera italiana in collaboration with the University…
The 3rd RISIS Policymakers Session will take place on the 29th of May in an online format (2 pm - 4 pm) due to the Covid-19 emergency. RISIS will focus on European and US scientific production, with a presentation of Benedetto Lepori, of Università della Svizzera italiana (USI). A recent study titled “Scientific output scales with resources. A comparison of US and European universities” and published on PlosOne, is focused on the association between university incomes and international…
Within a few months, our lives have been transformed because of Covid-19 emergency. International events and workshops have been postponed or transformed, everyone around the world is moving to different and virtual ways to work and meet. It's a particular season, nevertheless, the RISIS Community never stopped to react and build the future of Research Infrastructure for Science and Innovation Policy Studies. Community's work is going on and we’re organizing the next RISIS Events you…
The first presentation of the new version of the Corporate Invention Board (CIB2) database took place at the French Club "Patent Analytics" on 11 February 2020 at OST, in Paris. The presentation can be downloaded on RISIS Zenodo community space CIB2 is a database including priority patents of the top 3992 corporate innovators worldwide (applications 2000-2015). It provides data and indicators at the firm level for the worldwide largest R&D corporate performers that represent…
The RISIS Methodological course on PANEL DATA METHODS AND APPLICATIONS, organized by Politecnico di Milano has been postponed. We plan to offer the course within the summer and exact dates will be communicated as soon as possible. During the weekend different cases of the coronavirus infection 19nCoV emerged in the Lombardy region. On February 23rd, 2020, the Italian Government has issued new measures to contain the contagion, limiting the movement of the population and suspending lessons and exams in…
