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Shaping science and technology policy : the next generation of research
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ISBN: 1282270265 9786612270260 0299219135 9780299219130 9780299219109 0299219100 9780299219147 0299219143 0299219100 0299219143 9781282270268 6612270268 Year: 2006 Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] University of Wisconsin Press


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La coopération scientifique et technique avec les pays du Sud : peut-on partager la science ?
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ISBN: 2865379418 Year: 1999 Publisher: Paris : Karthala,


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Structures of scientific collaboration
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ISBN: 1282098829 9786612098826 0262283581 1429480793 9780262283588 9781429480796 9780262195591 0262195593 9781282098824 6612098821 Year: 2007 Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press,

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How technology and bureaucracy shape collaborative scientific research projects: an empirical study of multiorganizational collaboration in the physical sciences. Collaboration among organizations is rapidly becoming common in scientific research as globalization and new communication technologies make it possible for researchers from different locations and institutions to work together on common projects. These scientific and technological collaborations are part of a general trend toward more fluid, flexible, and temporary organizational arrangements, but they have received very limited scholarly attention. Structures of Scientific Collaboration is the first study to examine multi-organizational collaboration systematically, drawing on a database of 53 collaborations documented for the Center for History of Physics of the American Institute of Physics. By integrating quantitative sociological analyses with detailed case histories, Shrum, Genuth, and Chompalov pioneer a new and truly interdisciplinary method for the study of science and technology. Scientists undertake multi-organizational collaborations because individual institutions often lack sufficient resources--including the latest technology--to achieve a given research objective. The authors find that collaborative research depends on both technology and bureaucracy; scientists claim to abhor bureaucracy, but most collaborations use it constructively to achieve their goals. The book analyzes the structural elements of collaboration (among them formation, size and duration, organization, technological practices, and participant experiences) and the relationships among them. The authors find that trust, though viewed as positive, is not necessarily associated with successful projects; indeed, the formal structures of bureaucracy reduce the need for high levels of trust--and make possible the independence so valued by participating scientists.


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Viral sovereignty and technology transfer : the changing global system for sharing pathogens for public health research
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ISBN: 1108666175 1108676073 1108484727 Year: 2020 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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In the global infectious-disease research community, there has long been uncertainty about the conditions under which biological resources may be studied or transferred out of countries. This work examines the reasons for that uncertainty and shows how global biomedical research has been shaped by international disputes over access to biological resources. Bringing together government leaders, World Health Organization officials, and experts in virology, wildlife biology, clinical ethics, technology transfer, and international law, the book identifies the critical problems - and implications of these problems - posed by negotiating for access and sharing benefits, and proposes solutions to ensure that biomedical advances are not threatened by global politics. Written in accessible, non-technical language, this work should be read by anyone who sees global health and biomedical research as a priority for international lawmakers.

The community of science in Europe : preconditions for research effectiveness in European Community countries
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ISBN: 9780566056321 0566056321 Year: 1988 Publisher: Aldershot Brookfield; Sydney Gower

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