Most likely yes, but removing barriers is not the same as opening the floodgates, says OSIRIS ph.d candidate Lars Wenaas.
2019
On November 8th, professor Barry Bozeman (Arizona State University) visited the OSIRIS consortium meeting and gave a keynote speech titled Public values criteria in science policy and evaluation: Challenges of moving from theory to application.
On November 7th, Mireille Matt visited OSIRIS and gave a talk on real-time impact assessment.
On November 7-8, OSIRIS gathered for an intensive consortium workshop. Seven drafts for scientific papers were presented and reviewed, as well as several new ideas for upcoming papers and case studies.
OSIRIS researchers from Oslo and Manchester participated with a total of three papers in this year's ECPR conference in Wrocław.
In autumn 2019, OSIRIS will organize a workshop with Norwegian firms on measuring industrial R&D.
What does it take for research to be put into use? OSIRIS invited 32 practitioners from Norwegian public organizations to Blindern in April 2019 for an intro course in research policy and the impact of science.
In Mid-May, employees in all Norwegian Ministries, some Directorates and other public organisations recived an invitation to participate in an OSIRIS survey on use of research in public organisations.
The phrase ‘further research is needed’ is often found in both research articles and in policymaking, where the quest for more ‘evidence’ has become a mantra. But is research really lacking, or can there be other forces behind policymakers’ request for more research?
OSIRIS is happy to announce two new members of the research team: Ph.D. candidates Frauke Rohden and Joar Kvamsås.
In January, the OSIRIS team gathered for a case study workshop. A total of 18 cases in different stages of maturity were discussed.
In OSIRIS’ first newsletter in 2019, we look back on the past year’s conceptual and empirical work.
Presentations from the seminar on R&D networks are now available online.
How do practitioners and policymakers in the public sector use research?