The many ways of academic researchers : How is science made useful?
(2014) In Science and Public Policy 41(5). p.641-657- Abstract
- In assessing the performance of academic research, there is a growing interest in combining excellence with impact criteria. A frequently encountered belief is that impact should be understood in terms of new firms and patents. Others argue that academic R&D generates impacts that greatly exceed such commercialization efforts by academic researchers. The tension between these two beliefs reveals a risk that the criteria for assessing the impact of academic R&D, including criteria for allocating performance-based funding, may neglect vital aspects of how science is made useful. With insights gained from a comprehensive analysis of a well-reputed academic body, Chalmers Energy Initiative, we address this risk with the aim of... (More)
- In assessing the performance of academic research, there is a growing interest in combining excellence with impact criteria. A frequently encountered belief is that impact should be understood in terms of new firms and patents. Others argue that academic R&D generates impacts that greatly exceed such commercialization efforts by academic researchers. The tension between these two beliefs reveals a risk that the criteria for assessing the impact of academic R&D, including criteria for allocating performance-based funding, may neglect vital aspects of how science is made useful. With insights gained from a comprehensive analysis of a well-reputed academic body, Chalmers Energy Initiative, we address this risk with the aim of contributing to the eventual design of an evidence-based science policy with appropriate evaluation routines. (Less)
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- Jacobsson, Staffan ; Vico, Eugenia Perez LU and Hellsmark, Hans
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- 2014-01-03
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- science policy, energy research, Sweden, usefulness of science
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- Science and Public Policy
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- 41
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- 17 pages
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- Oxford University Press
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- scopus:84904066682
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- 1471-5430
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- 10.1093/scipol/sct088
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- English
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