Posts filed under Policy

Open Data and Publicly-Funded Research

Mandatory open data in publicly-funded researh may well be best for the greatest possible amount of academic reworking and even the greatest overall commercial exploitation, but it's not necessarily the way for taxpayers to get the best return on their investment  → 

Frascati Spritzer

Tweaking the Frascati definitons of research types to highlight the role that each type of research plays in an economic cycle of knowledge production.  → 

Research Funding, Risks and Metrics

A recent study comparing types of research funding policy suggests that funding researchers rather than projects promotes more "creative", exploratory science.  → 

Responses to SAPE

Science as a Public Enterprise (SAPE) is an initiative of the Royal Society. They've called for evidence on how open scientific data can support public values. I’m publishing my draft replies here before submitting them to the RS.  → 

A Special Case for Public Funding

Can science be said to have a special case for public funding precisely because it cannot guarantee any specific outcome?  →