ERAWATCH country reports 2011: Norway

The main objective of the ERAWATCH Annual Country Reports is to characterise and assess the performance of national research systems and related policies in a structured manner that is comparable across countries. The 2011 country reports assess the evolution on the national R&D investments targets, the efficiency and effectiveness of national policies and investments into R&D, the articulation between education, research and innovation, with an increased focus on the last two in terms of their wider governance and policy mix. The reports for EU MS and AS integrates in the assessment the evolution of the national policy mixes in the perspective of the Europe 2020 Strategy goals and on the realisation and better governance of ERA.JRC.J.2-Knowledge for Growt

ERAWATCH country reports 2011: Iceland

The main objective of the ERAWATCH Annual Country Reports is to characterise and assess the performance of national research systems and related policies in a structured manner that is comparable across countries. The 2011 country reports assess the evolution on the national R&D investments targets, the efficiency and effectiveness of national policies and investments into R&D, the articulation between education, research and innovation, with an increased focus on the last two in terms of their wider governance and policy mix. The reports for EU MS and AS integrates in the assessment the evolution of the national policy mixes in the perspective of the Europe 2020 Strategy goals and on the realisation and better governance of ERA.JRC.J.2-Knowledge for Growt

The role of policy instruments for an environmentally sustainable and competitive food industry: Sweden in a comparative perspective. A Literature Review

This report is a literature review on the role of policy instruments for an environmentally sustainable and competitive Food industry. The review focuses its attention on the food industry in Sweden and in an international perspective, and covers developments after 1990

International and Sector Mobility in Norway. A register-data approach

This report is the latest of a series of studies that NIFU has conducted into different dimensions of researcher mobility and its effects. It features the results of a project on researcher mobility in Norway, conducted for the Norwegian Ministry of Education & Research in 2013-2014. The main output of the project was used in the thematic section of the Ministry's Research Barometer report

Technology Opportunities in Nordic Energy System Transitions (TOP-NEST): Final report

This report summarizes the outcomes of the 4-year research project “Technology Opportunities in Nordic Energy System Transitions (TOP-NEST). The project was funded by Nordic Energy Research, under the Sustainable Energy Programme 2050. We thank Nordic Energy Research for the funding. The project partners were NIFU Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education (project leader), CIRCLE Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the Learning Economy and the Faculty of Engineering at Lund University, The Technical University of Denmark, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, and the Institute of Energy Systems and Environment at Riga Technical University in Latvia

Efficiency and flexibility in research funding. A comparative study of funding instruments and review criteria

We compare funding instruments and review criteria in national funding agencies in five different countries, USA (NSF), Sweden (VINNOVA), the Netherlands (NWO), UK (NERC) and Norway (RCN), as well as in the Horizon 2020 and the European Research Council (ERC). We also summarise previous issues and conclusions regarding funding instruments and review criteria, based on academic literature as well as policy reportsResearch Council of Norwa

Assessing the broader impacts of research: A review of methods and practices

This study was commissioned by the Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (Formas). It maps how societal and broader impacts are assessed in four funding agencies outside Sweden (NERC in the UK, NSF in USA, Horizon 2020 and the Research Council of Norway). Experiences with different practices and methods are discussed in order to provide Formas with information for developing their own practises

ERAWATCH Country Reports 2009: Analysis of policy mixes to foster R&D investment and to contribute to the ERA: Norway

The main objective of the ERAWATCH Policy Mix Country reports 2009 is to characterise and assess in a structured manner the evolution of the national policy mixes in the perspective of the Lisbon goals, with a particular focus on the national R&D investments targets and on the realisation and better governance of the European Research Area. The reports were produced for all EU Member State and six Associated States to support the mutual learning process and the monitoring of Member and Associated States' efforts by DG RTD in the context of the Lisbon Strategy and the European Research Area. The country reports 2009 build and extend on the analysis provided by analytical country reports 2008 and on a synthesis of information from the ERAWATCH Research Inventory and other important available information sources. This report encompasses an analysis of the research system and policies in Norway.publishedVersio