At the current rate, technical and vocational education and training will overtake the university budget in the next five to 10 years
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Cutting carbon use depends on changing social norms and behaviour as much as technology.
Universities, industry and government should work together so that knowledge translates into socio-economic benefits.
Given Africa’s projected population growth, management of its environment must be a global priority
Under the New Zealand government’s well-being approach to the budget, funding that will help reduce emissions is linked with economic development and innovation.
In Southern Africa, high rates of HIV infection have been the primary driver of TB
To move towards a knowledge-based economy, Indonesia needs to invest its research funds strategically.
Today, universities fulfil many of the science councils’ roles at a much lower cost while also training postgraduate students.
With a budget surplus in sight, it makes no sense to cut funding from Australia’s research capacity.
After declining for nearly a decade, the number of hungry people in the world is growing again. Climate change, which is disrupting weather patterns that farmers rely on, is a major cause.
Working with organisations outside the business – universities, research bodies, other businesses – can greatly expand Australian firms’ capacity to innovate and match larger rivals overseas.
Money always seems tight for university scientists. A sociologist conducted hundreds of interviews to see how they think about funding sources and profit motives for basic and applied research.
Many Budget 2018 measures appear to have origins in proposals advanced by the science community.
Here are five ways the Treasurer could boost revenue to make the numbers work.
Traditional accounting calculates a company’s value by measuring physical assets and how much they owe. But we can tweak this for today’s economy by including people and their ability to innovate.
The Australia 2030: Prosperity Through Innovation report offers five “imperatives for action”: Education, Industry, Government, Research and Development, and Culture and Ambition.
Calestous Juma believed that Africa needed an integrated science, technology and innovation framework. The continent can make this happen.
A new study connects the dots between published science and patented innovations, mapping just how society benefits from basic scientific research.
Research dollars don’t stay locked up in academia and government labs. R&D collaborations with the private sector are common – and grow the innovation economy.
Without leading edge innovations and coordination, Canadians will die from the epidemic of antibiotic resistant infections.
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
