scholarly journals Harnessing the science base: Results from a national programme using publicly-funded research centres to reshape firms’ R&D

2022 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 104468
Author(s):  
Kevin Mulligan ◽  
Helena Lenihan ◽  
Justin Doran ◽  
Stephen Roper
Keyword(s):  
Publicly Funded ◽  
National Programme ◽  
Funded Research ◽  
Science Base ◽  
Research Centres

Managing Contradictory Stakeholder Demands of a Publicly Funded Research Center

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (01) ◽  
pp. 1550002
Author(s):  
Peter Hutterer ◽  
Regina Gattringer ◽  
Hans Irschik ◽  
Franz Strehl
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Self Organization ◽  
Research Center ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Publicly Funded ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Funded Research ◽  
Conflicting Demands

Following the guidelines of the European Union (EU), Austria supports scientific research and technological development by publicly funding of research centers. Such centers are positioned between scientific and industrial stakeholders and have to simultaneously fulfill contradictory demands. This paper deeply analyzes the Austrian Center of Competence in Mechatronics (ACCM) and exposes why this publicly funded research center is able to effectively manage these conflicting demands. Using the theory of ambidexterity, the study highlights that appropriate structures and strategies are preliminarily needed. In particular we found that the fundamental abilities for managing contradictory demands are located on an individual level and argue that especially the autonomous, well-educated people and their competences of self-organization enable the research center to be ambidextrous.

A Participatory Design Approach with Visually Impaired People for the Design of an Art Exhibition

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 43-57
Author(s):  
Karine Lan HingTing ◽  
Ines Di Loreto
Keyword(s):  
Visual Art ◽  
Participatory Design ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Publicly Funded ◽  
Art Exhibition ◽  
Funded Research ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Impaired People ◽  
Funded Research Project

This article describes the participatory design (PD) approach adopted in systematically involving visually impaired people in the design of an art exhibition adapted to their needs. This exhibition will be the outcome of a publicly-funded research project aimed at making visual art accessible to everyone: specifically (but not exclusively) to visually impaired people, in an objective of social inclusion. This article presents the research done to elicit, capture, and analyse the needs of visually impaired people who are the active actors of this research. The aim of the article is to trigger discussion about both the necessity and difficulty of elaborating relevant techniques in this empirical and open-ended approach, and what is meant by participation in this particular setting.

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