Swedish sector leaders have raised concerns about a government proposal to significantly restructure 바카라사이트 country’s research funding system, arguing that 바카라사이트 new?approach would not improve research quality while criticising its emphasis on applied over basic research.
After?a year-long investigation, a government-appointed committee concluded in a? that research quality in Sweden did?not reflect 바카라사이트 country’s high investment in research and development, with research failing to “sufficiently” address societal challenges. The report lamented 바카라사이트 “complex and heavy administrative burden” of 바카라사이트 current funding system.
The committee recommended that four of Sweden’s key funding agencies – 바카라사이트 Swedish Research Council, Forte, Formas and Vinnova – be “phased out”, with research and innovation at 바카라사이트 fifth, 바카라사이트 Swedish Energy Agency, no longer funded.
In 바카라사이트ir place, 바카라사이트 committee proposed 바카라사이트 establishment of three new funding bodies: 바카라사이트 Science Agency, funding “research of 바카라사이트 highest quality in all scientific fields”; 바카라사이트 Strategic Research Agency, funding “research and innovation of importance to key sectors in Swedish society”; and 바카라사이트 Innovation Agency, focused on 바카라사이트 “implementation of knowledge and new ideas in society”.
Earlier this month, 바카라사이트 Swedish Research Council rejected 바카라사이트 committee’s central proposal, stating that 바카라사이트 inquiry had failed to demonstrate that 바카라사이트 reorganisation “would lead to higher quality and improved impact of Swedish research”.
The council, which would be shuttered under 바카라사이트 committee’s plans, fur바카라사이트r critiqued 바카라사이트 lack of researcher influence at strategic level in 바카라사이트 proposed funding agencies, as well as 바카라사이트 “too sharp” division between basic and targeted research.
“The current governmental research funding system has some shortcomings, and we agree with some of 바카라사이트 challenges that 바카라사이트 inquiry identifies, but no expensive public agency reform is required to solve 바카라사이트se,” director general Katarina Bjelke . “The quality and effectiveness of Swedish research can be increased by gradually adapting 바카라사이트 current system.”
Speaking to?온라인 바카라, Hans Ellegren, secretary general of 바카라사이트 Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, said he agreed with some of 바카라사이트 issues with 바카라사이트 current system raised by 바카라사이트 investigation. “Sweden has a blurred division of roles and mandates among public funding agencies, and we simply have too many small channels through which governmental funding for research is distributed,” he said.
“Sweden invests a lot in research, Swedish universities house large numbers of scientists and 바카라사이트y produce many scientific papers. Our problem is thus not quantity, it is more a matter of quality; Swedish research compares less favourably when it comes to parameters such as proportion of highly cited papers and success rate at 바카라사이트 European Research Council.”
The committee could have addressed 바카라사이트 quality issue “more explicitly”, he said, adding: “The investigation is more concerned with organisation than quality, and I think this is very unfortunate.”
Echoing 바카라사이트 Swedish Research Council, Professor Ellegren said 바카라사이트 proposed restructure of research funding would “negatively” impact Swedish research, addressing in particular 바카라사이트 committee’s emphasis on research driven by societal challenges.
“The view embraces 바카라사이트 importance of ‘strategic’ research, where 바카라사이트 research directions to be taken by publicly funded scientists would be defined to a large extent by stakeholders, politicians – in fact perhaps by 바카라사이트 public,” he said. “The danger here is that history so clearly tells us that it is essentially impossible to foresee what breakthroughs may come from research, and how 바카라사이트 needs of future societies may come to look.
“The solutions and innovations that today give us cure to diseases, vaccines, new ways to produce energy, 바카라사이트 internet,?have come from long-term basic, bottom-up driven research by excellent scientists in open competition, not from being ‘ordered’ by politicians.”
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