Innovation and commercialisation in the stem cell industries in Australia: State strategies and other opportunities to build a competitive position in the global stem cell economy

1969 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivia Harvey
Keyword(s):  
Stem Cell ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Regional Innovation ◽  
Commercial Development ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Social ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
Stem Cell Science ◽  
The Relationship

Recent research in the social studies of stem cell science has demonstrated that there is (a) a significant global economy emerging around stem cell science, and (b) that individual states are competing fiercely in an effort to obtain leadership in this global stem cell economy. Over the last several years, the governments of the United Kingdom, China, India, Canada, Singapore and Australia (among others), have been attempting to leverage the process of innovation in stem cell science by implementing a variety of strategies including, but not limited to: dedicated funding programmes, the introduction of specific licensing systems, the implementation of new regulations for human cell-based material, emulating US-based venture capital, and encouraging entrepreneurship and spin-off developments. What remains to be seen though, is how effective such attempts actually will be in encouraging the commercial development of nationally oriented stem cell industries. Given that the relationship between innovation and commercialisation is unique to national and regional contexts, as well as unique to specific industries, this article discusses the specific strategies adopted in developing the stem cell industries in Australia and highlights some of the pros and cons with a government interventionist approach to developing global economic advantage from national and regional innovation.

scholarly journals The Authoritarian Dynamic During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Effects on Nationalism and Anti-Immigrant Sentiment

2021 ◽  
pp. 194855062097802
Author(s):  
Todd K. Hartman ◽  
Thomas V. A. Stocks ◽  
Ryan McKay ◽  
Jilly Gibson-Miller ◽  
Liat Levita ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Order ◽  
Situational Factors ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
Right Wing Authoritarianism ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Social ◽  
Political Outcomes ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Relationship

Research has demonstrated that situational factors such as perceived threats to the social order activate latent authoritarianism. The deadly COVID-19 pandemic presents a rare opportunity to test whether existential threat stemming from an indiscriminate virus moderates the relationship between authoritarianism and political attitudes toward the nation and out-groups. Using data from two large nationally representative samples of adults in the United Kingdom ( N = 2,025) and Republic of Ireland ( N = 1,041) collected during the initial phases of strict lockdown measures in both countries, we find that the associations between right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) and (1) nationalism and (2) anti-immigrant attitudes are conditional on levels of perceived threat. As anxiety about the COVID-19 pandemic increases, so too does the effect of RWA on those political outcomes. Thus, it appears that existential threats to humanity from the COVID-19 pandemic moderate expressions of authoritarianism in society.

scholarly journals Education, Smoking, and Cohort Change: Forwarding a Multidimensional Theory of the Environmental Moderation of Genetic Effects

2018 ◽  
Vol 83 (4) ◽  
pp. 802-832 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robbee Wedow ◽  
Meghan Zacher ◽  
Brooke M. Huibregtse ◽  
Kathleen Mullan Harris ◽  
Benjamin W. Domingue ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Genetic Effects ◽  
Environment Interaction ◽  
Birth Cohorts ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Gene By Environment Interactions ◽  
Genome Wide ◽  
The Social ◽  
Cohort Theory ◽  
The Relationship

Sociologists interested in the effects of genes on complex social outcomes claim environmental conditions structure when and how genes matter, but they have only studied environmental moderation of genetic effects on single traits at a time (gene-by-environment interactions). In this article, we propose that the social environment can also transform the genetic link between two traits. Taking the relationship between educational attainment and smoking as an exemplary case, we use genome-wide methods to examine whether genetic variants linked to education are also linked to smoking, and whether the strength of this relationship varies across birth cohorts. Results suggest that the genetic relationship between education and smoking is stronger among U.S. adults born between 1974 and 1983 than among those born between 1920 and 1959. These results are supported by replication in additional data from the United Kingdom. Environmental conditions that differ across birth cohorts may result in the bundling of genetic effects on multiple outcomes, as anticipated by classic cohort theory. We introduce genetic correlation-by-environment interaction [(rG)xE] as a sociologically-informed model that will become especially useful as data for more well-powered analyses become available.

scholarly journals Citizenship Education in New Zealand: Inside or outside the Curriculum?

2002 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 164-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol Mutch
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
Moral Education ◽  
Citizenship Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
Pedagogical Practices ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Social ◽  
British Colony

Notions of what it meant to be a citizen of New Zealand have mirrored the social and political changes as the country's identity moved from a British colony, through independence to a bi-cultural country with a more global outlook. Citizenship ideals were originally taught through history, geography, moral education and social studies. Although some countries, such as the United Kingdom, have moved to an explicit citizenship education programme, citizenship in New Zealand is currently taught through an integrated curriculum approach supported by participatory pedagogical practices. This article reports on research undertaken to investigate the inter- and extra-curricular opportunities for teaching and learning citizenship in New Zealand schools.

scholarly journals La relación entre la didáctica teórico-formativa de Wolfgang Klafki y los estudios sociales de la ciencia / The relationship between Wolfgang Klafki’s bildungstheoretische didaktik and the social studies of science

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Helbert Velilla Jiménez
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Teaching Science ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Cultural Contexts ◽  
Social Studies Of Science ◽  
The Social ◽  
Strong Programme ◽  
The Relationship

ABSTRACTThis paper analyzes the Wolfgang Klafki’s bildungstheoretische didaktik, and it’s role in the didactics of sciences. The problem is that a) the contents selected by professors for teaching science are disjointed from the historical, social and cultural contexts where knowledge is produced, and b) these contents have been chosen without taking into account its importance for the Bildung of a human being. My thesis is that Strong Programme should be included for research in didactics of sciences only if it responds to formative (Bildung) questions.RESUMENEl tema de esta investigación es la didáctica teórico-formativa de Wolfgang Klafki y su rol en la didáctica de las ciencias. El problema es que a) los contenidos que se seleccionan para la enseñanza de las ciencias están desarticulados de los contextos históricos, sociales y culturales de producción del conocimiento. Y b) estos contenidos se han seleccionado sin explicar sus aspectos formativos, esto es, sin tener en cuenta el sentido que éstos tienen para la formación (bildung) de los individuos. Como referente conceptual de este trabajo, el Programa Fuerte (SP) de la sociología del conocimiento científico (SSK) permite problematizar la formación científica, crítica y reflexiva de los futuros didactas y maestros. Su tesis central es que el conocimiento tiene un componente eminentemente social. Mi hipótesis es que el SP es el mejor enfoque disponible para las investigaciones en didáctica de las ciencias toda vez que responda a preguntas formativas. Esto permite que la didáctica, desde un enfoque teórico-formativo, contribuya a pensar en los propósitos de formación del ser humano.

scholarly journals ETOS KERJA DALAM EKONOMI GLOBAL (KASUS MASYARAKAT MUSLIM MELAYU PALEMBANG)

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-86
Author(s):  
Raden Ayu Ritawati
Keyword(s):  
Global Economy ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
The Social ◽  
Collection Data ◽  
Three Stages ◽  
Islamic Economic ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Depth Interviews

          The purpose of this research is to know the influence of Malay and Islam in shaping the social character of Palembang Malay workers in global economic development. The Islamic economic norms embedded and rooted in the local social identity of the local Malays are the key determinants of evaluative aspects of a judging nature. This research departs from the reason as Ushul Fiqih's written adage says "Al-Muhafazhatu'alal 'qadimis salih wal-akhdzu bil jadidil ashlah" which means "Maintaining a good old value and seeking new value better.” Field research with the participation of observations and in-depth interviews uses a qualitative approach. Respondents in this study are Palembang original Malay Muslim community, spread over 14 districts using random sampling technique. While the method of data analysis is cyclical of three stages: data collection, data display and data verification.           The results of this study prove that excessive material competition in the global economy has resulted in an anomic Palembang Malay society. Achievements in the economic field, it turns out to have transformed Palembang Malay people into a generation that is uprooted from values, fragile from the spiritual aspect, give up easily and lose socio-economic footing. The relationship of Malayness and Islamism obscures the role and competitiveness of Palembang Malay Muslims themselves in the global economic arena.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Classroom Management Skills and Self-confidence of Social Studies Teachers

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 62
Author(s):  
Kenan BAŞ
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Classroom Management ◽  
Class Size ◽  
Social Studies Teachers ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
The Social ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Relationship

This study investigated the relationship between classroom management skills, and self-confidence of social studies teachers. To this end and through a general survey, social studies teachers’ classroom management skills and their self-confidence for education were examined in terms of Gender, Professional Seniority, and Class Size. The population was constituted by 67 social studies teachers working in various secondary schools within the boundaries of the province of Elazig, Turkey, in the spring semester of the 2018 and 2019 academic years. The instruments used were a Personal Information Form, a Classroom Management Skills Scale and a Self-Confidence Scale for Education. The findings of the research were analyzed using SPSS (version 22) and revealed that the social studies teachers did not have a statistically significant difference in terms of both classroom management skills and levels of self-confidence for education related to variables of Gender, Professional Seniority and Class Size. On the other hand, it was found that there was a significant positive relationship between the classroom management skills and levels of self-confidence of the social studies teachers. The results are discussed within the framework of the relevant literature and the study concludes by presenting suggestions for future research.

New Labour in the Global Economy: Partisan Politics and the Social Democratic Model

2000 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Wickham-Jones
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Recent Book ◽  
Partisan Politics ◽  
Social Democrats ◽  
Labour Movement ◽  
Social Democratic ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Wage Moderation ◽  
The Social

Drawing on a framework developed by Geoffrey Garrett in his recent book Partisan Politics in the Global Economy, I examine the ‘policy space’ that is available for the social democratic project in the United Kingdom. Garrett is optimistic about the possibilities for reformism: he emphasises the ability of an ‘encompassing’ labour movement to exchange wage restraint for reformist policies. Given the absence of such an encompassing labour movement in the United Kingdom, his conclusion apparently offers little support to those seeking reformist measures in these circumstances. I discuss three reasons why Garrett's model may still be applicable in the British context. First, social democrats may be able to offer policies desirable to capital. Second, wage moderation may be possible without the existence of an encompassing labour movement. Third, and most ambitious, it may be possible to develop an encompassing labour movement within the United Kingdom. My tentative conclusion is that a variant of the Garrett model is potentially a plausible one for a reformist party in the United Kingdom.

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