A new deal for an effective European research policy : the design and impacts of the 7th framework programme

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List of figures and tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1. CHALLENGES TO THE EUROPEAN EXCEPTION: WHAT CAN S&T DO?. Europe: turning from a positive into a negative exception -- Great expectations of S&T as regards tackling the multitude of challenges -- The role that S&T can play -- CHAPTER 2. ARE EXPECTATIONS TOO HIGH? WEAKNESSES OF EUROPE'S S&T SYSTEM. Insufficient investment in R&D -- An inefficient system of research governance in Europe -- The problem of coordinating policies -- S&T and the public: the triple paradox -- CHAPTER 3. OPENING THE WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY: THE NEW POLICY CONTEXT. The Lisbon European Council: putting knowledge at the centre -- Investing more and better in research -- Evidence-based policy-making -- The lack of progress since the year 2000 -- Explaining the lack of progress -- A new policy context -- CHAPTER 4. BUILDING ON EXPERIENCE: LEARNING LESSONS FROM PAST FRAMEWORK PROGRAMMES. Evaluating the framework programme is not easy -- Collaborative research and its impacts -- The impact of the framework programme on human resources -- The impact of the framework programme on research infrastructures -- The framework programme and intergovernmental cooperation at the programme level -- Assessing the wider impacts of the framework programme -- CHAPTER 5. ENGAGING STAKEHOLDERS FOR BETTER POLICY-MAKING. Consultive mechanisms at community level -- Stakeholders' involvement in the development of the 7th Framework Programme proposal -- A stronger and bigger programme than ever before -- Ensuring accessibility for all -- Fundamental and applied research: how should they coexist? -- Excellence versus cohesion: is efficiency compatible with solidarity? -- CHAPTER 6. EUROPEAN ADDED VALUE, OPTION ANALYSIS, AND THE COMMISSION'S PROPOSAL FOR THE 7TH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME. Considering European added value -- Analysing policy options -- A short outline of the Commission's 7th Framework Programme proposal -- The expected impacts of the Commission's 7th Framework Programme proposal -- CHAPTER 7. FROM PROPOSALS TO COMMITMENTS- THE 7TH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME AND THE EUROPEAN DECISION-MAKING PROCESS. Decision-making in the field of research policy -- Research policy and the lack of resources- the negotiations on the financial perspectives and the budget for EU research -- The response from decision-makers to the new policy design- the negotiations on the 7th Framework Programme -- CONCLUSION AND PERSPECTIVES. THE 7TH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME AND A NEW DEAL FOR EUROPEAN S&T GOVERNANCE. Summarising the design of the 7th Framework Programme -- Perspectives on the 7th Framework Programme- its impacts and the conditions for its success -- Perspectives beyond the 7th Framework Programme- Towards a new deal for an effective European research policy -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index

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