Presenter: Giovanni Cerulli, CNR- IRCrES (Research Institute of Sustainable Economic Growth) Discussant: Ben Jongbloed, University of Twente Presentation: How universities react to funding policies: The effects at performance level Video of the Seminar (presentation, discussion) Abstract The article investigates how European universities (EU27+UK) respond to different types of incentives, namely, funding derived from: a) core government allocation, b) external sources (i.e., third-party funding), and c) students’ tuition fees. The general research question is: how does…
RISIS tool demonstration events have the goal of presenting and practicing potentially useful tools for work with RISIS and related datasets, such as tools for name matching and geocoding. They have a strong practical character and must include practical activities for participants (guided). Matching and disambiguation of research organizations is critical for the development of STI indicators. Given the many variants found in databases such as bibliometric, patent or projects, this task is challenging and…
What are the relevant topical areas addressed by researchers concerning global challenges? A study recently published on Zenodo indagates on one-hand topics related to sustainability defined by the UN Sustainable Development Goals and on the other hand topics related to the Societal Challenges (SDGs) and to Key Enabling Technologies (KETs) defined by the European Commission. The investigation of the knowledge production in the European Research Area with a particular focus on SDGs and KETs…
The 5th RISIS Policymakers Session was organized on the 23rd of September in an online format (2 pm – 4 pm). RISIS focused on the heterogeneity of European Higher Institutions with a presentation entitled The heterogeneity of European Higher Education Institutions. A configurational approach by Professor Benedetto Lepori USI (Università della Svizzera italiana). Higher Education Institutions are highly heterogeneous in terms of their profile, governance, and output. This represents a challenge for policies as…
Trieste will be the European City of Science from 2nd to 6th of September 2020 to host the biennial pan-European meeting created by EuroScience and dedicated to scientific research and innovation. More than 150 seminars, workshops, and plenary sessions, 4500 delegates/attendees, participants from more than 80 countries, 500 among science communicators and journalists, international exhibitors are expected. Also, RISIS will be there with a panel planned for the 4th of September in the virtual form from…
