, welche die Aufgabenerfüllung im Bereich der Lehre und Forschung jedoch nicht einschränken dürfen. …

Verantwortungsbereich Hochschulsteuerung und Hochschulfinanzierung liegen, bestehen daher große Anreize, ein reichhaltiges Hochschulangebot … bereitzustellen. Hierdurch sollen Fachkräftenachschub für die Region, Aus gründungen, Forschung und Entwicklung sowie … Weiterbildungsangebote gesichert werden. Da die Hochschulfinanzierung jedoch einen erheblichen Teil der Länderhaushalte ausmacht, muss …

The potential benefits of interdisciplinary research are commonly stated and widely acknowledged. Amongst the many … thinking, and encourage reflexivity in the research process. This paper presents a personal reflection, drawn from experience … research. In particular, I will focus on two areas. First, I will raise some intellectual concerns over what interdisciplinary …

In the hope of speeding translation from research to policy, the EU, and other funding bodies, advocate … interdisciplinary research whilst underplaying real obstacles to achieving common aims and methodologies for the natural and social … sciences. From inside observation of an antagonistic interdisciplinary research project, some suggestions are made on the …

This paper addresses the question how research councils respond to emerging fields of science. Taking nanotechnology as … its case, we compare the cases of responses of research councils in Finland, the Netherlands, Norway and Switzerland … explanation for the observed conservative response of research councils: research councils are constrained by a web of resource …

and innovation in university research. Innovation here refers to novel approaches and potentially, breakthrough research … research in Finland. University governance influences research content very indirectly and is mediated by multiple other … factors, meaning that policy changes are not, at least in the short run, translated into changed research content. As far as …

Based on a sample of research units in science and engineering at German universities, this study reports survey … evidence showing that research grants impact research content. Research units that receive funds from industry are more likely … likely that large firms influenced the research agenda. Public research grants, on the other hand, are associated with a …

productivity in scientific research is significantly influenced by the volume and origin of the funding sources mobilized to … research productivity. Factor analysis and linear regression served as tools for evaluation. Our findings imply that the volume …Universities play an increasingly significant role in producing new knowledge. The relationship between research inputs …