Handbook of public funding of research / edited by Benedetto Lepori (Institute of Communication and Public Policy, Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland, Ben Jongbloed, Center for Higher Education Policy Studies (CHEPS), Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences (BMS), University of Twente, the Netherlands) and Diana Hicks (School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, US).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lepori, Benedetto, editor.

Jongbloed, B. W. A., editor.

Hicks, Diana, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Investment of public funds--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Investment of public funds.

Research grants.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (420 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.

Summary:

"Given the recent re-evaluation of research funding policy as an issue central to national governments and the EU, it is imperative that underlying rationales and channels for investment in research and development are examined. A pioneering analysis of the complexity, allocation and management of public funding of research, this Handbook explores the strategies whereby research can be successfully targeted and supported to resolve problems of broad public concern. Used effectively, the Handbook finds, research has the potential to support economic growth, create jobs, enhance social welfare, protect the environment and expand the frontiers of human knowledge. Taking a multi-level approach, chapters strategise ways to address various funding objectives through analysis of policy design, policy instruments, research organisations and researchers, while remedying disparities resulting from the distribution of research funds. The Handbook's expansive scope, which covers variation in goals and instrument management over time and across countries, facilitates an approach that not only scrutinises existing paradigms of public research funding but also looks to the future. With authoritative analysis and theoretical frameworks by leading scholars, the Handbook employs an interdisciplinary approach that combines sociology of sciences, political sciences and economics. It will prove a useful resource for scholars and researchers in science policy studies, alongside policy analysts in ministries and research funding organisations seeking to better understand their working environment"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: 1. Introduction to the handbook of public funding of research: Understanding vertical and horizontal complexities / Benedetto Lepori, Ben Jongbloed and Diana Hicks

Part I. Public policies and research funding

2. What is public about public research? The case of covid-19 r&d / Barry Bozeman

3. Motivations guiding public research funding in science, technology and innovation (sti) policy: A synthesis / Aixa Y. Alemán-Díaz

4. Politics of public research funding: The case of the European Union / Inga Ulnicane

Part II. Policy mixes in public research funding: Layering and complexity

5. Ideas and instruments in public research funding / Giliberto Capano

6. Performance-based research funding and its impacts on research organizations / Gunnar Sivertsen

7. R&d programs as instruments for governmental r&d funding policy / Emanuela Reale, Magnus Gulbrandsen and Thomas Scherngell

8. Size matters! On the implications of increasing the size of research grants / Carter Bloch, Alexander Kladakis and Mads P. Sørensen

9. Potentials and limitations of program-based research funding for the transformation of research systems / Susanne Bührer, Sarah Seus and Rainer Walz

10. Targeting research to address societal needs: What can we learn from 30 years of targeting neglected diseases? / Josie Coburn, Ohid Yaqub and Joanna Chataway

11. The construction of competition in public research funding systems / Stefan Arora-Jonsson, Nils Brunsson and Peter Edlund

Part III. Interaction of funding systems with organizational structures and hierarchies

12. Incentives, rationales, and expected impact: Linking performance-based research funding to internal funding distributions of universities / Jussi Kivistö and Charles Mathies

13. Research funding in the context of high institutional stratification: Policy scenarios for Europe based on insights from the United States / Arlette Jappe and Thomas Heinze

14. Public research organisations and public research funding / Laura Cruz-Castro and Luis Sanz-Menéndez

Part IV. Researchers' interaction with the funding environment

15. Reframing study of research(er) funding towards configurations and trails / Duncan A. Thomas and Irene Ramos-Vielba

16. Researchers' responses to their funding situation / Grit Laudel

17. Gender and underrepresented minorities differences in research funding / Laura Cruz-Castro, Donna K. Ginther and Luis Sanz-Menéndez

18. Research funding and scientific careers / Julia Melkers, Richard Woolley and Quintin Kreth

19. Research funding and academics' scholarly performance / Hugo Horta and Huan Li

Part V. System perspectives and country variations

20. Context matters: Conceptualizing research funding policies through the lens of the varieties of academic capitalism approach / Olivier Bégin-Caouette, Silvia Mirlene Nakano Koga and Émanuelle Maltais

21. System-level insights into public funding of research from emerging economies / Juan D. Rogers

22. Public research funding in Asian latecomer countries: Developmental legacy and dilemmas / So Young Kim

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781800883086 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.