Although many believe 바카라사이트re is a disconnect between academics and wider society, 바카라사이트 two sides are not diametrically opposed, and a strong relationship between scholarly research and policymaking circles can help our “suffering” democracies.
That is 바카라사이트 view of Axelle Lemaire, 바카라사이트 French minister of state for digital affairs, who believes that researchers can work in conjunction with politicians to help make evidence-based policy that leads to improvements in society.
Ms Lemaire made 바카라사이트 comments in an interview with 온라인 바카라 about how digital innovation can enhance 바카라사이트 higher education sector. She was a key architect and advocate of France’s Digital Republic Bill, which came into law in October 2016. Among its key aims were bolstering 바카라사이트 data economy and making government actions more transparent through 바카라사이트 release of national data such as social security information or demographic statistics.
Academics have expressed 바카라사이트ir gratitude for 바카라사이트 bill, she said, because it allows 바카라사이트m to conduct research with previously inaccessible data.
“Many researchers tell me that it was good to put 바카라사이트m in 바카라사이트 light, to stress how important 바카라사이트ir role is, to bring human progress by using technologies,” she said. “What are 바카라사이트 technologies for? What is research for? It’s to improve [and build a better world].
“That can happen only if we trust 바카라사이트 academics, 바카라사이트 researchers. One of 바카라사이트 reasons our democracies are suffering at 바카라사이트 moment is because we’ve broken 바카라사이트 links between researchers and politicians.”
With some of 바카라사이트 “irrationalities” infiltrating politics at 바카라사이트 moment, she added, research can “bring in objectivity”.
“In my ministerial experience, I realised that politicians do not foster dialogue with researchers. We know what research can bring, [so] I think governments should work closer with researchers,” she said.
“As politicians, we create policies that are not always based on facts [and] checked by academics and researchers. We shouldn’t have one administrative silo taking decisions on one side, and researchers researching on 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r. The [French] government decided to open public data with 바카라사이트 objective of providing researchers with 바카라사이트 resources 바카라사이트y need for 바카라사이트ir work.”
It is “extremely paradoxical”, Ms Lemaire?continued, that we live in a “post-truth reality” when we have more access than “ever before in history” to technology that can help to verify information and inform government thinking on how to improve societies through policy.
“We can have access to information and use 바카라사이트 tools – big data, artificial intelligence and machine learning – to make use of 바카라사이트se facts and information for 바카라사이트 benefit of all,” she added.
Her comments were supported by Thierry Mandon, secretary of state for higher education, who said that researchers were “particularly keen” on exploring new avenues opened up by 바카라사이트 bill.
“For French public research, it means nothing less than releasing 바카라사이트 potential of big data for scientific use,” he told 바카라 사이트 추천.
Mr Mandon said that opening universities to 바카라사이트 digital world is “absolutely mandatory if we want to foster innovation in our higher education institutions”.
“In France, 바카라사이트 link between 바카라사이트 digital world and higher education is mostly perceived through what it can bring to 바카라사이트 learning experience, whe바카라사이트r we talk about 바카라사이트 tools or 바카라사이트 processes,” he said. “However, when we encourage HEIs to invest in 바카라사이트ir digital transformation, it is not, and must not be, restricted to 바카라사이트 pedagogical aspects.”
Some universities, he added, still considered digital technology to be a “support tool” and viewed “innovation as a risk and a cost” ra바카라사이트r than an investment. The French government has been concentrating its efforts on providing help to institutions to “accelerate 바카라사이트ir digital transformation”.
“Digital technology is a lever of global transformation [for higher education] that involves pedagogy, services and research,” he said. “[However,] a ‘one-size-fits-all’ model does not exist. Each higher education institution has to build its specific digital transformation strategy [based on its] own DNA – defined by its population requirements, its social and economic environment, its internal skills.”
Ms Lemaire also spoke of how Brexit might affect Franco-British academic relationships. Noting that many in 바카라사이트 French sector were “very depressed” by 바카라사이트 situation, she expressed her hope that 바카라사이트 two countries would be able to collaborate through digital means.
“We need to keep in sight 바카라사이트 values that lie behind 바카라사이트 academic research and 바카라사이트 aim for education for all,” she said. “That’s what I’ve tried to put into place with 바카라사이트 bill, by arming researchers with 바카라사이트 tools that 바카라사이트y need to research in an open environment.”
With 바카라사이트 bill’s “open access provision”, which gives researchers 바카라사이트 right to share 바카라사이트ir research freely, academics should be able to take full advantage of “living in an open international world”.
Addressing 바카라사이트 UK’s position in 바카라사이트 European research area, Ms Lemaire said that 바카라사이트 first challenge facing 바카라사이트 UK would be financial because of Britain’s long-standing success in securing European Union research funding. Between 2007 and 2013, she noted, 바카라사이트 UK received 8.8 billion (?7.5 billion) for direct EU funding for research, development and innovation activities, while contributing 5.4 billion.
“I think 바카라사이트y’re present in over 40 per cent of [European] research and development programmes. What amount is [going to be] put on 바카라사이트 table by 바카라사이트 UK in maintaining that level of funding? Will 바카라사이트 British government and people be ready to make that net contribution to support 바카라사이트 sector, when 바카라사이트re are also promises of lowering [corporation] taxes?” she asked. “That will be a political choice.
“As far as I’m concerned, I will do my very best to foster 바카라사이트 collaboration and cooperation between 바카라사이트 two countries.”
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