Between the global and the national: Organising European science

Measuring the opening of national R&D programs: what indicators for what purposes?

“…Also opening seems to be strictly related to the level of internationalization of the national research systems. In so far, national systems, although facing the same external isomorphic pressures for increasing internationalization and coordination of nationally rooted policies, put into effect different institutional arrangements and funding decisions (Lepori et al 2007;Svanfeldt 2009;Nedeva 2013).…”

“…In a funding and policy context as deeply changed as the European one, several instruments are available for national states and funding agencies to foster international collaborations that are increasingly flexible, intertwined, and go beyond providing funding abroad or encouraging the mobility of researchers (Katz and Martin 1997;Nedeva 2013). We can distinguish at least three types of schemes to support international collaborations: international collaboration agreements, joint agreements (PRO INNO 2009;Lepori, Reale, and Laredo 2014) and the opening of national research programs.…”

“…In fact, most R&D funding is currently channelled through national programs, meaning the participation of foreign partners in national funding opportunities is important for promoting international research collaboration and increasing the quality of European research via more integration of competences and stronger competition-in other words to move beyond the limitations of 'closed' national research systems (Barre´et al 2013;Nedeva 2013).…”

Changing Funding Arrangements and the Production of Scientific Knowledge: Introduction to the Special Issue

“…Of course, this has far-reaching implications for the way we conceive of the governance of science-that is, the authority relationships and the value frameworks enacted through research funding. The trends interact and are overlaid by further changes, such as the increasing importance of charities, supranational funding agencies (Nedeva 2013;Luukkonen 2014), and the emergence of new funding schemes for science (Lepori et al 2007). The diversification of actors attempting to use funding instruments to achieve their goals and the resulting complexity of funding environments confront science studies scholars with quite the ambivalent picture: While some have argued that ''multiple funding sources offer opportunities for buffering the effects of more prescriptive policies and maintaining independence'' (Morris and Rip 2006: 259), this is by no means inevitable, as many of these new opportunities come with strings attached.…”

Oceans of energy? The non-linear trajectory of the emerging wave energy technology

“…Despite the less territorialised nature of aggregation activities, aggregation networks may be more frequently composed of actors from the most active locations, which may also tend to host discussion arenas and any physical infrastructures created. These field-level activities remain partly grounded on territorial contexts, through the actions and interests of the actors that compose them (Nedeva, 2013). This can have implications for the way generic knowledge is produced and circulated and shared across the community.…”