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The Doctoral space revisited? Building new horizons...
KVAB Thinker’s Programme 2016
Palace of the Academies,
7 November 2016
Amadeu Sousa Cardoso, 1913
Damião de Góis (1502 – 1574 ….a friend and student of Erasmus, appointed secretary to the Portuguese factory in Antwerp in 1523 by King John III
Jose Mariano Gago (1948-2016) Portuguese Minister of S&T (1995-2001; 2005-2011)
… . Our efforts must be seen as the first phase of what needs to be accomplished in the near future. Considerable time should be devoted to setting up a dialogue in each member State on the issue of human resources for SET, helping policy-makers understand what is required, and building bridges between national and European actors. Dialogue between industrial and academic organizations in Europe should also be pursued. José Mariano Gago EC, 2004
The hypothesis!…
The continuous development of R&D and Higher Education requires counter-cycle policy measures, with emphasis on the advanced training and employment of human
resources and the systematic development of collaboratories across all Europe.
It may require: 1. Open Science should be promoted and the Leiden Manifesto implemented!
1. Decoupling doctoral education/doctoral recruitment/academic career
development;
3. Promoting “independent legal status” of Higher Education Institutions (e.g., “Pub. Foundations”), fostering scientific employment.
4. Effectively considering innovation as a collective and cumulative process,
stimulating new “agents of change”, in the form of collaboratories as risk-sharing partnerships, and facilitating the diversification of the economy through scientific
employment.
5. Balacing brain circulation throughout Europe, which may require new forms of EU fiscal policies….
Note: total number of PhD’s (vertical) and the yearly number of new PhD’s (horizontal) by 10.000 inhabitants. Source: OECD
“Stock” versus Flux of doctorates: 2004-2012
Emerging major EU vulnerabilities:
• New migratory flows of skilled people: …the growing scientific and technological capacity of less
industrialized regions is now associated with, also, a growing vulnerability associated with a increasing international
competition for skilled human resources.
• High rates of young unemployment: …weak new job creation in less industrialized
regions.
• Accelerated rate of aging of population…
• Precarious employment of doctorates: …weak recruitment strategies and lack of career development.
Fluxo de gregos, italianos, portugueses e espanhóis para o Reino Unido Evolução do número de atribuições de número de registo (National Insurance Number) pelo Sistema de Segurança Social
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After many years hit by recession and economic and budgetary problems:
- Which is the evolving path of R&D funding?
- Which policies to foster knowledge towards long-term growth?
The Questions Today…
Government Budget Appropriations or Outlays for R&D (GBOARD)/capita - 1995 (Purchasing Power Standard (PPS) per inhabitant at constant 2005 prices)
Source: Eurostat
Government Budget Appropriations or Outlays for R&D (GBOARD)/capita - 2000 (Purchasing Power Standard (PPS) per inhabitant at constant 2005 prices)
Source: Eurostat
Government Budget Appropriations or Outlays for R&D (GBOARD)/capita - 2005 (Purchasing Power Standard (PPS) per inhabitant at constant 2005 prices)
Source: Eurostat
Government Budget Appropriations or Outlays for R&D (GBOARD)/capita - 2009 (Purchasing Power Standard (PPS) per inhabitant at constant 2005 prices)
Source: Eurostat
Government Budget Appropriations or Outlays for R&D (GBOARD)/capita - 2010 (Purchasing Power Standard (PPS) per inhabitant at constant 2005 prices)
Source: Eurostat
Government Budget Appropriations or Outlays for R&D (GBOARD)/capita - 2011 (Purchasing Power Standard (PPS) per inhabitant at constant 2005 prices)
Source: Eurostat
Government Budget Appropriations or Outlays for R&D (GBOARD)/capita - 2012 (Purchasing Power Standard (PPS) per inhabitant at constant 2005 prices)
Source: Eurostat
Government Budget Appropriations or Outlays for R&D (GBOARD)/capita - 2013 (Purchasing Power Standard (PPS) per inhabitant at constant 2005 prices)
Source: Eurostat
Government Budget Appropriations or Outlays for R&D (GBOARD)/capita - 2014 (Purchasing Power Standard (PPS) per inhabitant at constant 2005 prices)
Source: Eurostat
Government Budget Appropriations or Outlays for R&D (GBOARD) Sample of large EU countries
(million current PPP $) Source: OECD; Netherlands is included in the large sized countries because of the size of the budget
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In the year 2000, Germany and France presented similar national R&D budgets; one decade later,
Germany outpaces France by 50%. Italy budgets have declined since 2007, and in real terms are 15% lower
than in 2000.
…the quasi stagnation of R&D public investment in Europe during the last decade hides a major
trend of internal divergence inside Europe itself.
Cumulative R&D expenditure, 30 years, per RESEARCHER (thousands U.S. Dollars 2005 constant prices and PPP)
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Undoubtedly there was considerable progress in Science, Technology and
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…But Europe, as a whole, has met neither its goals nor its promises in
this area.
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U.S data – doctorate recipients ; Brazil data – total de titulados no doutorado ; Other data – Doctor of Philosophy.
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Europe presents a large diversity in R&D investment and accumulation across
countries, with an average cumulative R&D
expenditure per researcher about 50% smaller than in USA.
A critical observation - 1:
A critical observation - 2:
In many other EU countries, beyond notable exceptions (including Germany), the stagnation and/or recent decrease in public R&D and HE budgets has been justified by the need to change policies, including:
• Increase public funding to support firms and business activities;
• Increase the selectivity of public funding, decreasing public support for advanced training and scientific employment.
Which myths?
How can we effectively help debunking these myths and guarantee better policies?
Public vs Private R&D vs Innovation Higher Educ vs Vocational Training
…we live on times of increasing socialization of risks and the privatization of rewards
...uncertainty: which impact?
In a context of increased uncertainty and accelerated rate of technological change, for which knowledge and innovation
are critical factors for social and economical development, the role of the science and advanced education may be
enhanced, but requires to be adapted!
The scope:... the globalized “learning society”!
Knowledge Institutions Learning Organisations
Intellectual Property Learning Networks
Source: Conceição, Lundvall and Heitor (2002)
How people, institutions and incentives can be effectively
oriented, transmitted and assimilated to allow societies to
move towards a socially responsable, sustainable and
entrepreneurial world?
We can look, instead, at the process...
Science, its impact and the presence of innovation, result from a cumulative, long-
term, collective and uncertainty process, involving an extensive divison of labour, which requires massifying the training of
human resources and qualifying the labour force in many economic sectors, in a way
that depends on the structure of the economy
A new hypothesis:
The multidimensions of S&T and the social construction of science policy
Main S&T Policies since the 90´s…
The result: the changing nature of science policy …the evolving % of doctorates in Portugal per age group
Fonte: DGEEC
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The case of Portugal: fostering institutional development
Period Main institutional breakthrough
80s – 90s Non for profit institutions, fostered through academic research
(a leading example is INESC, as created in 1980)
1995 – 2005
Associate Laboratories, to foster research excellence through
networks of academic research centres
(as created since 1999, with a few initial developments in biomedical and physical
science, but reaching 25 Laboratories by 2007)
2006 –…
HE REFORM - University Foundations (Independent Legal Status)
(includes three leading examples in 2008, including University of Porto, University
of Aveiro and ISCTE business school)
International partnerships, as thematic research and advanced
training networks
(includes partnerships with MIT, CMU, Harvard and UT Austin in emerging themes,
including ICTs, energy, bioengineering, design, clinical research)
The multidimensions of S&T and the social construction of science policy
Scientific employment
internationalize
Diversify institutions: strengthen polytechnics and universities
More “intermediaries”: collaborative Labs
strengthen networks
More employment
More scientific culture More public participation
Assessing S&T Policies for coming years…
Open Innovation and competence building: With increasingly diversified skills, institutions and incentives
Chain Linked Model of
Innovation
Kline & Rosenberg
Technology platforms
Potential
Markets
Invention/
analytical design
Detailed design
& Test
Re-design
& Production
Distribution
& market
Knowledge
Research
Research Agendas
Thematic Mobilization Programmes
Networks of Scientific Cooperation
Knowledge diffusion,
with Intermediaries:
Collaborative Laboratories...
Post-Grad Training
Individual Mobility
NTBF´s
IV. Traditional Services
R&D Expenditure (€)
t=2y t=5y t=10y
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P1 II. Basic Science
Specific Projects Technology Platforms
III. Business as usual
Qualified Employment
I. High Risk, Knowledge
Intensive Businesses
Goal: Open access, Open data, Open sources
Towards “Open science”?
Critical Issues: 1. Funding, recruitment, careers:
• “closed” assessment methods need to be revisied and go away of bibliometrics...
• Low sucess rates need to be avoided, by using “open deadlines” and “two-phase” assessment processes...
• Over valorization of “PIs” should be avoided and “team work” promoted.... • More content, less quantification, across the full processes of assessemnt
and recruitment
2. Open access to publications is still disfunctional... 3. New competencies of researchers in open data are
necessary across all disciplines... 4. Research integrity is to be promoted!
the process matters!…
The continuous development of R&D and Higher Education requires counter-cycle policy measures, with emphasis on the advanced training and employment of human
resources and the systematic development of collaboratories across all Europe.
It may require: 1. Open Science should be promoted and the Leiden Manifesto implemented!
1. Decoupling doctoral education/doctoral recruitment/academic career
development;
3. Promoting “independent legal status” of Higher Education Institutions (e.g., “Pub. Foundations”), fostering scientific employment.
4. Effectively considering innovation as a collective and cumulative process,
stimulating new “agents of change”, in the form of collaboratories as risk-sharing partnerships, and facilitating the diversification of the economy through scientific
employment.
5. Balacing brain circulation throughout Europe, which may require new forms of EU fiscal policies….
…"Science is a battle ground, it's not neutral. And if you know it's not neutral, it
becomes interesting. It can become part of the modern youth culture. You must
choose between generosity and greed, between peace and war, and choose
between disclosing or hiding the truth”…
José Mariano Gago
Annex: Where are we?
Two selected issues: 1. Public and private Expenditure in R&D
2. Population engagement in Tertiary Education
Gross Expenditure in R&D: Public and Private (percentagem do PIB; Fonte: OCDE, Eurostat, DGEEC)
Notas: (1) Os dados de 2014 são provisórios. (2) Os dados de 2013 para a despesa em I&D refletem uma quebra de série relativamente aos anos anteriores, nos setores Ensino Superior e IPSFL, devido à reafetação setorial das IPSFL no Ensino Superior.
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Notas: (1) Os dados de 2014 são provisórios. (2) Os dados de 2013 para a despesa em I&D refletem uma quebra de série relativamente aos anos anteriores, nos setores Ensino Superior e IPSFL, devido à reafetação setorial das IPSFL no Ensino Superior.
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% population with 20 years old registered in Higher Education in Portugal Fonte: OCDE, Eurostat
Nota: Dados até 2012 – OCDE; dados de 2013 – Eurostat; Dados da população utilizados no cálculo - Eurostat
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Gross Expenditure in R&D: Public and Private (Million Euros, current prices; and % GDP)
Fonte: OCDE, Eurostat, DGEEC
Nota: Os dados de 2014 são provisórios.
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