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R&D support is not the only way public policy can help create new industries.
Innovation is a huge part of economic growth – and the White House needs to be well-informed on science and tech issues when setting goals and budgets. Here’s how presidents get up to speed.
The collapse of the car manufacturing industry will require more investment in R&D and technological innovation to ensure Australia doesn’t fall behind.
With federal support for on-campus R&D dwindling as a percentage of GDP, keeping basic research afloat is a challenge. Schools and researchers are left to try to fill in the funding gaps.
Neither major party has made science and engineering issues a big part of its platform. But research – and its funding – are crucial if the U.S. wants to maintain status as a global leader.
The tax system is only one of several ways R&D can and should be incentivised.
There is a very real risk that South Africa’s major research projects will stumble and the whole research machine will be shut down by ongoing student protests.
South Africa must examine how science funding is allocated to universities. It also needs to acknowledge that not all universities should be focusing on research and development.
Australia’s relatively small market size means it must rely more heavily on international markets to innovate.
Economic growth alone won’t end hunger. Good policies and programmes are needed, too. Scientists and researchers have a role to play in these initiatives.
Research and development investment remains stagnant in Australia. It’s time for a new, long-term strategy for research.
Policies for encouraging research, development and startups are good but both major parties need to move beyond this to help Australia innovate.
There are a number of stumbling blocks to intra African collaboration. These must be addressed to ensure that research is not duplicated and that findings are shared.
Successful economies are led by innovation and driven by knowledge. For Africa to advance, it needs to make more substantial investments in its research and development sector.
Using tax incentives to motivate innovation is more nuanced than governments sometimes assume.
Research and development is critical if South Africa wants to effectively increase its renewable energy output.
Some of the new(ish) initiatives in the Innovation and Science Agenda may help in small ways, but it doesn’t provide the answer what happens after the innovation.
Australia’s insolvency laws are behind world best practice and need reform.
Graduates should be taught entrepreneurship skills.
Top contributors
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Co-Director of the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Emeritus Professor & UTS innovation adviser, University of Technology Sydney
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Director, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology
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Associate Professor, Bond Business School, Bond University
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Director of programmes, African Academy of Sciences
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Senior Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Professor of Public Policy, ADFA Canberra, UNSW Sydney
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Visiting Professor, Imperial College Business School, and Emeritus Professor, School of Business, The University of Queensland
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Honorary Professor, TU Wien
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Professor of Research Policy, University of Sheffield
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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
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Director of Research, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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John Curtin Distinguished Professor (Radio Astronomy), Curtin University
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Professor in Innovation and Associate Dean (Research), The University of Queensland
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Director Monash Energy Institute, Monash University
