Researchers say that without first cutting down on the country’s notorious red tape, Indonesia’s newly signed science law will discourage international collaboration.
Indonesia can learn a lot from Singapore, often regarded as the most influential scientific powerhouse in Asia, on how they manage their research funds.
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Juliet Pulliam, South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling & Analysis (SACEMA) and Jonathan Dushoff, McMaster University
Applied Epidemiological Modelling has enormous potential to improve how decisions are made about public health in African countries.
Two universities are conducting internal reviews of research collaborations linked to the suppression and surveillance of the Uyghur minority in western China.
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China’s aggressive program of acquiring technology from abroad should be a cause of concern for Australian universities. Yet, our system of vetting research collaborations is clearly broken.
South Korea has grown into a rich country with a per capita GDP of nearly US$30,000 in 2017.
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Indonesia needs bigger research funding to encourage innovations and boost its economic growth.
Sikhumbuzo Notshe of the Stormers (L) is tackled by Waisake Naholo of the Highlanders (R) during a Super Rugby match between New Zealand’s Highlanders and South Africa’s Stormers.
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Previous Vice President of the Academy of Science of South Africa and DSI-NRF SARChI chair in Fungal Genomics, Professor in Genetics, University of Pretoria, University of Pretoria