PROGRAM
Days: Monday, October 9th Tuesday, October 10th Wednesday, October 11th
Monday, October 9th
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17:00-19:30 Session 1: Joint Atlanta Conference/Tech Mining Poster Session
17:00 | Designing sustainability transition: the case study of high-tech industry in Taiwan ( abstract ) |
17:00 | How much does Georgia Tech publish on Climate Change and Sustainability? Profiling using Bibliometrics and Text-mining ( abstract ) |
17:00 | Barriers and workarounds for academic access to private sector data for research purposes ( abstract ) |
17:00 | Location as a Factor in a For-Profit Firm’s Decision to Engage in Open Science ( abstract ) |
17:00 | Does strong IPR regime improve innovation in developing countries? Evidence from the 1986 South Korean IPR Reform ( abstract ) |
17:00 | Getting out of the closet: Scientific authorship of literary fiction and knowledge transfer ( abstract ) |
17:00 | The Golden Age of Star Scientist - Scientific Productivity and Spill Over Effect of Nobel Prize Laureates ( abstract ) |
17:00 | Age and team of great scientific discoveries in China ( abstract ) |
17:00 | International University Research Ventures: The Global Emergence and Significance of Trans-Border Academic Research Institutions ( abstract ) |
17:00 | State of the National Innovation System of Armenia ( abstract ) |
17:00 | Conflicts and Hopes of Chilean Researchers: A long to-do list for the future Ministry of Science and Technology ( abstract ) |
17:00 | Research administration at research-intensive universities: an overview and case study ( abstract ) |
17:00 | Publishing, Patenting and Standardization: Motives and Barriers of Scientists ( abstract ) |
17:00 | Developing Evaluation Methods for Research Trends Analysis --- Situation Awareness in Science, Technology and Innovation Policy ( abstract ) |
17:00 | Types of Innovation, Labor Demands, and the Roles of Government: An Analysis of the Effects of R&D on Employment in South Korean Manufacturing Industry ( abstract ) |
17:00 | How does eco-innovation in the manufacturing sector contribute to environmental sustainability? Findings from the South African National Business Survey ( abstract ) |
17:00 | What Are the Most Important Factors Influencing Turnover? Evidence from STEM Field ( abstract ) |
17:00 | Combining policy and innovation in Science to impact Global Health ( abstract ) |
17:00 | Analyzing the Cluster Effects on Biotechnology Innovation Networks in Taiwan ( abstract ) |
Tuesday, October 10th
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10:00-10:30Coffee Break
10:30-12:00 Session 3A: Transformative Research Policy
Policy
Chair:
Kaye Husbands (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
10:30 | Enacting Transformative Innovation Policy: A Comparative Study ( abstract ) |
10:50 | Using past learning in research and innovation policy to inform the development of third-generation system governance: Evidence from Sweden ( abstract ) |
11:10 | Transformative Research and Innovation Policy – Towards a Meta-governance Frame ( abstract ) |
11:30 | “A new generation of research and innovation policy in Panama: Overcoming the lineal model and facing the challenge of inclusive development” ( abstract ) |
10:30-12:00 Session 3B: Impacts on Workforce
Workforce
Chair:
Cheryl Leggon (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
10:30 | Exploring mechanisms of graduate training of the science and engineering students. Mix method approach. ( abstract ) |
10:50 | Production of Science and Scientist: A Cohort Analysis of Japanese PhDs ( abstract ) |
11:10 | How important is China location for young scientists? ( abstract ) |
11:30 | "Risk Smoothing and Publishing Efficiency' Strategies Among Researchers: Does the Push for Productivity Undermine Quality?" ( abstract ) |
10:30-12:00 Session 3C: Beyond Established Impact Assessment
Participation & Engagement
Chair:
Ameet Doshi (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
10:30 | Research impact as a process ( abstract ) |
10:50 | Frameworks for the understanding and evaluation of the societal impact of research in the humanities ( abstract ) |
11:10 | Better understanding impact of scientific knowledge on policy by conceptualising policy making conditions ( abstract ) |
11:30 | Assessing the Impact of Complex Policy on the Science System: the Research Excellence Framework and the British Universities ( abstract ) |
10:30-12:00 Session 3D: Emerging Technology
Innovation
Chair:
David Hart (George Mason University, USA)
10:30 | Stimulating Innovation for Smart Cities: A Comparative Analysis of Innovation Systems in Japan and the United States ( abstract ) |
10:50 | A Capabilities-Based Approach to Identifying and Assessing Emerging Technologies ( abstract ) |
11:10 | When risks cannot be seen: Regulating uncertainty in emerging technologies ( abstract ) |
11:30 | Innovating Up, Down, and Sideways: The (Unlikely) Institutional Origins of Experimentation in China's Plug-in Electric Vehicle Industry ( abstract ) |
10:30-12:00 Session 3E: National System Performance
Research Systems
Chair:
Irene Ramos-Vielba (INGENIO (CSIC-UPV), Spain)
10:30 | From Government Research to Higher Education Research – The International Shift in Public Research Funding ( abstract ) |
10:50 | Disciplinary Structure of China’s National Research System: Evolution, Path Dependence, and Science Policy ( abstract ) |
11:10 | National public funding systems between global pressures and local settings ( abstract ) |
11:30 | Assessing the performance of national innovation systems in Europe ( abstract ) |
12:00-13:30Lunch and Special Sessions
12:15-13:15 Session 4B: Book club lunch 1 - Women in Global Science
12:15 | Author meets Critics Session Women in Global Science ( abstract ) |
13:30-15:00 Session 5A: Firms & Innovation Systems
Policy
Chair:
Jeffrey Alexander (RTI International, USA)
13:30 | Technology strategy development exercises through the lens of technological innovation systems: articulating system structure, functions, and performance ( abstract ) |
13:50 | The National Technology Initiative (NTI): new perspectives and challenges of innovation policy implementation in Russia ( abstract ) |
14:10 | Scaling Moore’s Wall: A Public-Private Partnership in Search of a Technological Revolution ( abstract ) |
13:30-15:00 Session 5B: Mapping
Analytics
Chair:
Nicolás Robinson-García (INGENIO (CSIC-UPV), Spain)
13:30 | The Academic Cartography of Sugar Sweetened Beverages: Public Health Law Meets Scientific Research ( abstract ) |
13:50 | Visualizing research landscapes in sub-Saharan Africa: The case of computer science ( abstract ) |
14:10 | Unsupervised learning based linkages between patents and scholarly publications ( abstract ) |
14:30 | Portfolio Mapping and Statistical Analysis of US Patents, the Comparison of Strengths and Weaknesses, Patent Citation Spectroscopy, and the Retrieval of Landmark Patents ( abstract ) |
13:30-15:00 Session 5C: Perceptions & Trust
Participation & Engagement
Chair:
Pablo Catalan (University of Concepcion, Chile)
13:30 | Innovative Strategies of Economic Conduct: Social Capital, Faith in Scientific and Technological Progress, and the Distrust of Institutions ( abstract ) |
13:50 | The Paradoxes of Positive Attitudes towards Technologies among Eastern European nations: Uncovering the Roots of Technological Optimism ( abstract ) |
14:10 | Expert-Expert Gap? A Study of Heterogeneity in Risk Perceptions among Nuclear Experts and Its Implications for Risk Governance ( abstract ) |
14:30 | No More Monkey Business or Horoscopes: Factors related to General Public Adult Perceptions of Agreement among Environmental Scientists on Global Warming ( abstract ) |
13:30-15:00 Session 5D: Energy & Environmental Innovation
Innovation
Chair:
Maria Nedeva (The University of Manchester, MIoIR, UK)
13:30 | Interrogating energy infrastructure planning with the public values framework ( abstract ) |
13:50 | Integrating Science into Water Governance by Identifying Accountability: A Case Study of Puerto Rico ( abstract ) |
14:10 | An experimental approach to trust in scientists and its interactions with sources of information: the case of climate change ( abstract ) |
13:30-15:00 Session 5E: Crossing Boundaries
Research Systems
Chair:
Stuart Bretschneider (Center for Organization Research and Design, Arizona State University, USA)
13:30 | Motivations behind cross-boundary collaboration: the Dutch water sector ( abstract ) |
13:50 | How Interdisciplinary are University Research Centers? ( abstract ) |
14:10 | Is International Collaboration More Novel? ( abstract ) |
14:30 | Field Divergence: Mismatch between Degree Discipline and Job Field ( abstract ) |
15:00-15:30Coffee Break
15:30-17:00 Session 6A: Innovation Challenges
Policy
Chair:
Carlos Aguirre-Bastos (National Secretariat for Science, Technology and Innovation, Panama)
15:30 | Variation in the dynamics and performance of industrial innovation: What can we learn from vaccines and HIV vaccines? ( abstract ) |
15:50 | Policy mix for innovation policy in the Dominican Republic: an attempt using Conjoint Analysis ( abstract ) |
16:10 | Science, technology and innovation policies for Monoclonal Antibodies in Brazil: the perception of public and private institutions ( abstract ) |
16:30 | Networks of power, technology development and short-lived successes in a small developing country ( abstract ) |
15:30-17:00 Session 6B: Workforce mobility
Workforce
Chair:
Peter Vandenbesselaar (VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands)
15:30 | Gender, Geographical Mobility, and the Academic Labor Market ( abstract ) |
15:50 | Gender and International Mobility of European Researchers ( abstract ) |
16:10 | International mobility of postdoc researchers and future research performance: Evidence from Denmark ( abstract ) |
16:30 | Does Transnational Capital Matter in China’s Academic Recognition System? ( abstract ) |
15:30-17:00 Session 6C: Encouraging Inclusive Innovation
Participation & Engagement
Chair:
Katarina Nordqvist (Nobel Museum, Sweden)
15:30 | South Africa’s National Nanotechnology Strategy: Assessing Inclusiveness and Equity for Emerging Technologies ( abstract ) |
15:50 | ‘Inclusive by design’: Access to Emerging Technologies to Spur Inclusive Development ( abstract ) |
16:10 | Inclusive Innovation: Getting Undone Technology Done ( abstract ) |
15:30-17:00 Session 6D: International University Operations
Research Systems
Chair:
Yves Berthelot (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
15:30 | Investigating the Convening and Engagement Roles of Science and Technology-Oriented Universities: Case Studies from Emerging Economies ( abstract ) |
15:50 | Differential network formation, research re-orientation, and governance challenges in international capacity-building partnerships ( abstract ) |
16:10 | Hosting international research collaborations: Experiences in Chile ( abstract ) |
16:30 | Institutionalization of International University Research Ventures ( abstract ) |
Wednesday, October 11th
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08:30-10:00 Session 7A: Policy instruments
Policy
Chair:
Jan Youtie (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
08:30 | Public procurement as policy instrument for innovation ( abstract ) |
08:50 | Environmental Regulation and Technological Innovation ( abstract ) |
09:10 | Iterative Method for Science and Technology Policy Evaluation ( abstract ) |
09:30 | The Demand-side Innovation Policies in Brazil ( abstract ) |
08:30-10:00 Session 7B: Performance Evaluation
Analytics
Chair:
Arho Suominen (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland)
08:30 | The Impact of Project-Based Funding in Science: Lessons from the ANR Experience ( abstract ) |
08:50 | Predicting Research Proposal Success ( abstract ) |
09:10 | Assessing Effects of a Canadian Research Institute on International Cross-disciplinary Teams ( abstract ) |
09:30 | Determinants of research performance: An analysis of RoboCup ( abstract ) |
08:30-10:00 Session 7C: Participatory Technology Assessment
Participation & Engagement
Chair:
Masaru Yarime (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
08:30 | Building practice: Offering process lessons-learned and a vision of pTA communities of practice ( abstract ) |
08:50 | Democratizing pTA: On and off ramps for citizen science and crowdsourcing ( abstract ) |
09:10 | Integrating Participatory Technology Assessment Results into Decision-making Systems: Technological and Policy Stakeholders ( abstract ) |
09:30 | Introduction: Usable Science and Participatory Technology Assessment ( abstract ) |
08:30-10:00 Session 7D: Collaboration
Research Systems
Chair:
Rainer Frietsch (Fraunhofer, Germany)
08:30 | Contested resource inputs to science: How institutional provisions on the access and use of materials and data affect research collaboration structures ( abstract ) |
08:50 | Measuring S&T Collaborations in Government Laboratories – The Potential of Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Techniques ( abstract ) |
09:10 | Linking Network Structures with Dyad Relations: Examination of the CTSA Program and Knowledge Transfer in Scholarly Collaboration Networks ( abstract ) |
09:30 | Excellence or widening: an analysis of the publication and collaboration behaviour of the EU's Marie Sklodowska Curie Action (MSCA) fellowship ( abstract ) |
08:30-10:00 Session 7E: University-Industry Linkages
Innovation
Chair:
Jose A. Guridi (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile)
08:30 | Academic Entrepreneurship at Public Research Institutes in China: Scientists’ Role Conflict and Choice ( abstract ) |
08:50 | Measuring science intensity of industry by using linked dataset of science, technology and industry ( abstract ) |
09:10 | Academic engagement with industry: implications for scientific productivity and research agenda composition ( abstract ) |
09:30 | Organizational practices around technology transfer - perceived barriers and enhancers ( abstract ) |
10:00-10:30Coffee Break
10:30-12:00 Session 8A: Policy analytics
Policy
Chair:
Caroline Wagner (The Ohio State University, USA)
10:30 | Government policy and national universities: A case of national universities in Japan ( abstract ) |
10:50 | Predicting Grant Funding at the Topic Level ( abstract ) |
11:10 | Exploring Bonds and Development Dynamics: Knowledge, Technology and Products ( abstract ) |
11:30 | Money matters, but why? Scaling properties of US and European universities ( abstract ) |
10:30-12:00 Session 8B: Careers in Science
Workforce
Chair:
Carolina Canibano (INGENIO (CSIC-UPV), Spain)
10:30 | Explaining gender bias in grant selection - The ERC starting grants case ( abstract ) |
10:50 | Does a late educational shift to STEM fields enhance career trajectories? ( abstract ) |
11:10 | How women respond to obstacles differently from men ( abstract ) |
11:30 | Re-combining social category diversity and tenure diversity: A cross-level analysis on individual explicit knowledge creation ( abstract ) |
10:30-12:00 Session 8C: Societal Engagement
Participation & Engagement
Chair:
Jakob Edler (Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, UK)
10:30 | The Unbearable Emptiness of Tweeting – about journal articles ( abstract ) |
10:50 | Responsible Research and Innovation: a standard for ‘responsibility’ in the proportionate and adaptive governance of emerging technologies ? ( abstract ) |
11:10 | Do altmetrics indicators capture societal engagement? A comparison between survey and social media data ( abstract ) |
11:30 | Societal needs as value propositions in innovation: A pilot study of societal claims in synthetic biology patents ( abstract ) |
10:30-12:00 Session 8D: International Innovation
Research Systems
Chair:
Zak Taylor (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
10:30 | The Impact of Fraunhofer on the German Innovation System ( abstract ) |
10:50 | Science, technology and innovation spillovers from natural laboratories: The case of the Chilean astronomy cluster. ( abstract ) |
11:10 | The Politics of Private Investments in Innovation ( abstract ) |
10:30-12:00 Session 8E: Innovation Strategy
Innovation
Chair:
Dirk Czarnitzki (KU Leuven, Belgium)
10:30 | From Innovative SMEs to Innovative China: Innovation Strategies, Dynamics and Networks among SMEs in Chinese Manufacturing Sectors ( abstract ) |
10:50 | Innovation Strategies in Latin American Firms ( abstract ) |
11:10 | Main trends in the internationalisation of business R&D ( abstract ) |
11:30 | From Global Value Chains (GVC) to Innovation Systems for Local Value Chains and Knowledge ( abstract ) |
12:00-13:30Lunch and Special Sessions
12:15-13:15 Session 9A: Book club lunch 2 -Politics of Innovation
Book Club
12:15 | Author Meets Critic: The Politics of Innovation ( abstract ) |
12:15-13:15 Session 9B: Book club lunch 3 - Innovation Governance in Emerging Economies
Book Club
12:15 | Author Meets Critic: Research Handbook on Innovation Governance for Emerging Economies: Towards Better Models ( abstract ) |
13:30-15:00 Session 10A: STI Toolkits
Analytics
Chair:
Erik Arnold (Technopolis, UK)
13:30 | Aligning Stakeholder Incentives for More Systematic Solutions ( abstract ) |
13:50 | Machine Learning for Solar Technology Portfolio Management ( abstract ) |
14:10 | The Knowledge Growth Factor KGF as a new indicator for the quantification of the emergence of research issues - The case of tribological wear ( abstract ) |
14:30 | Alternative Metrics of Research Impact: Implications for Multilateral Agencies ( abstract ) |
13:30-15:00 Session 10B: STEM Work Environment
Workforce
Chair:
Diogo Pinheiro (Savannah State University, USA)
13:30 | Searching for the best colleague: professors’ views about tenure and promotion criteria ( abstract ) |
13:50 | The Effect of Holding a Research Chair on Scientists’ Impact ( abstract ) |
14:10 | Time perspectives of work climate and innovation: A study of university faculty in Singapore ( abstract ) |
14:30 | Does Entrepreneurship Pay or Satisfy for Scientists and Engineers? ( abstract ) |
13:30-15:00 Session 10C: Science that Makes you Laugh: the Ig Nobels
Research Systems
Chair:
David Hu (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
13:30 | Pride or Prejudice: How Research Organizations Respond to Recipiency of Ig Nobel prize? ( abstract ) |
13:50 | The Ig Nobels – Who Wins What and Why? ( abstract ) |
14:10 | Does Humor Advance Science? Evidence from Ig Nobel Prizes ( abstract ) |
14:30 | Topic analysis of Ig Nobel prize laudations ( abstract ) |
13:30-15:00 Session 10D: Patents & Innovation
Innovation
Chair:
Li Tang (Fudan University, China)
13:30 | Food Safety Patenting ( abstract ) |
13:50 | Measuring Technological Depth and Breadth of Patent Documents ( abstract ) |
14:10 | Impact of Patents Purchase on Ex-Post Patent Holdup and R&D of Firms ( abstract ) |
14:30 | Patenting Computer-Implemented Inventions – Current Legal Situation and Economic Implications ( abstract ) |
15:00-15:30Coffee Break
15:30-17:00 Session 11: Closing Plenary: Dr. Robert Atkinson
A New Era in R&D Policy?