Excellence in the knowledge-based economy: from scientific to research excellence

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21568235.2015.1015106" target="_blank" >http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21568235.2015.1015106</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Excellence in the knowledge-based economy: from scientific to research excellence

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

In 2013, the European Union (EU) unveiled its new 'Composite Indicator for Scientific and Technological Research Excellence'. This is not an isolated occurrence; policy based interest in excellence is growing all over the world. The heightened focus on excellence and, in particular, attempts to define it through quantitative indicators can have important implications for research policy and for the conduct of research itself. This paper examines how the EU's understanding of excellence has evolved in recent years, from the presentation of the Lisbon strategy in 2000 to the current Europe 2020 strategy. We find a distinct shift in the understanding of excellence and how success in the knowledge-based economy should be achieved: in the early period, excellence is a fuzzy concept, intrinsically embedded in research and researchers and revealed by peer review. In the later period, excellence is more sharply defined and connected with a particular sort of knowledge that which produces breakthroughs; the result is that policy-makers have turned their focus towards directly steering and controlling what is increasingly considered to be the key element for success in the knowledge-based economy. This change is evidenced by the 'Composite Indicator for Scientific and Technological Research Excellence', its rationale and its components.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Excellence in the knowledge-based economy: from scientific to research excellence

Popis výsledku anglicky

In 2013, the European Union (EU) unveiled its new 'Composite Indicator for Scientific and Technological Research Excellence'. This is not an isolated occurrence; policy based interest in excellence is growing all over the world. The heightened focus on excellence and, in particular, attempts to define it through quantitative indicators can have important implications for research policy and for the conduct of research itself. This paper examines how the EU's understanding of excellence has evolved in recent years, from the presentation of the Lisbon strategy in 2000 to the current Europe 2020 strategy. We find a distinct shift in the understanding of excellence and how success in the knowledge-based economy should be achieved: in the early period, excellence is a fuzzy concept, intrinsically embedded in research and researchers and revealed by peer review. In the later period, excellence is more sharply defined and connected with a particular sort of knowledge that which produces breakthroughs; the result is that policy-makers have turned their focus towards directly steering and controlling what is increasingly considered to be the key element for success in the knowledge-based economy. This change is evidenced by the 'Composite Indicator for Scientific and Technological Research Excellence', its rationale and its components.

Druh

J_x - Nezařazeno - Článek v odborném periodiku (Jimp, Jsc a Jost)

CEP obor

AD - Politologie a politické vědy

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2016

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

European Journal of Higher Education

ISSN

2156-8235

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

6

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

3

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

20

Strana od-do

217-236

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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