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2022 ◽  
pp. 110-123
Author(s):  
E. A. Kirillova ◽  
N. A. Danilenko

The main interpretations of terms, development trends, foreign and domestic experience within the concept of sustainable development of territories have been considered. The importance of cooperative interaction and cooperation between actors in the same area in the context of existing constraints, barriers and opportunities for the deployment of the processes under consideration, has been confirmed. A statistical comparative analysis of the dynamics of changing trends in the interaction between research organisations and industrial enterprises of the regions has been carried out in comparison with Russian and global trends. The interrelationships between the key factors relating to financial support processes, infrastructure capacity and the research and education component have been revealed and their impact on territorial development has been highlighted. Scientific research methods such as analysis and generalization and correlation analysis were used within the framework of the article. 


Author(s):  
Viktor P. Kochyn ◽  
Anatolii V. Zherelo

The article discusses the main approaches to the design and development of an automated information system for a secure cloud repository of paperworks of students and employees of educational and research organisations (abstracts, essays, term papers and theses, master’s theses, deposited articles), providing secure storage and secure mobile access to stored data. The research and development of architectural solutions to ensure reliable and secure data storage using cloud technologies are described. The main problems of designing a secure repository and ways to solve them are considered. The cloud repository of written works is built on the basis of the Ceph distributed file system, which uses the NextCloud system and the virtual computing resources of the virtual network infrastructure of the Belarusian State University as a platform for building a cloud interface.


2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew J. Stewart ◽  
Emily K. Farran ◽  
James A. Grange ◽  
Malcolm Macleod ◽  
Marcus Munafò ◽  
...  

AbstractThe adoption and incentivisation of open and transparent research practices is critical in addressing issues around research reproducibility and research integrity. These practices will require training and funding. Individuals need to be incentivised to adopt open and transparent research practices (e.g., added as desirable criteria in hiring, probation, and promotion decisions, recognition that funded research should be conducted openly and transparently, the importance of publishers mandating the publication of research workflows and appropriately curated data associated with each research output). Similarly, institutions need to be incentivised to encourage the adoption of open and transparent practices by researchers. Research quality should be prioritised over research quantity. As research transparency will look different for different disciplines, there can be no one-size-fits-all approach. An outward looking and joined up UK research strategy is needed that places openness and transparency at the heart of research activity. This should involve key stakeholders (institutions, research organisations, funders, publishers, and Government) and crucially should be focused on action. Failure to do this will have negative consequences not just for UK research, but also for our ability to innovate and subsequently commercialise UK-led discovery.


Author(s):  
V Saravanan ◽  
K. M. Venkatachalam ◽  
M Arumugam ◽  
M.A.K Borelessa ◽  
K.T. M.U. Hemapala

<p>This paper addresses the impact of renewable power generation such as photovoltaic and wind energy in the existing power system operations. Various modeling approaches and power quality/reliability analysis of these renewable energy sources in the electric power system by researchers and research organisations and utilities are outlined and their impacts are assessed. Challenges and protection schemes of renewable power integration into the existing grid are discussed through a detailed literature review and study of renewable integration into the Indian power system are outlined including potential planning and policy actions to support renewable energy integration in India.</p>


Author(s):  
Yurii Kapitsa

Keywords: research and development contracts, research and development collaborationagreements, intellectual property rights, research organisations, universities The practice of regulatingintellectual property issues in R&D cooperation agreements/contracts betweenacademic institutions and companies in Ukraine and other New Independent States(Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia) (NIS) is studied. It is shown the undevelopment ofmodern approaches to the distribution of IP rights in R&D agreements, including thelack of, as a rule, the allocation of Background IP and New IP and payments to academicinstitutions for the use of such IP.The changes in the legislation of Ukraine are substantiated, as well as the need todevelop standard IP provisions for different options for relationships between academicinstitutions and national and foreign companies. The necessity is shown of (a)making changes to Chapter 62 of the Civil Code of Ukraine and the Law of Ukraine“On Scientific and Scientific-Technical Activity”, other legislative acts related to IP inR&D contracts; (b) adoption by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine andthe Ministry of Economy of Ukraine of Recommendations on IP policy in research organizationsand universities; (c) developing, at the level of public authorities or academiesof science, leading academic institutions model IP provisions for R&D agreementsfor various options for relationships with companies; (d) at the state level, promotinga new model of relations between academic institutions and companies, whichstipulates that can receiving by academic institutions significantly more fundsthrough payments in addition to the cost of R&D contract, the license fees for theBackground IP and New IP.


2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charikleia Tzanakou ◽  
Kate Clayton-Hathway ◽  
Anne Laure Humbert

In the past 2 decades, many Certification and Award schemes (CAS) related to gender equality, diversity and inclusion have emerged in the higher education, research and industry sectors. According to a recent report, there are as many as 113 CAS which have been identified across Europe and beyond. These CAS aim at addressing inequalities in relation to the grounds of sex, gender, race, sexual orientation, and disability among others. The high number of CAS, and their continued growth, has taken place in parallel to the shift of policies and efforts from “fixing individuals” to “fixing the system.” In these schemes, gender equality is often understood as a structural, systemic challenge, with a recognition that advancing gender equality is complex and requires drivers and interventions at micro, meso and macro level. Studies focused on analysing and evaluating gender equality initiatives in higher education have been scarce, and often limited to specific schemes. This paper aims to fill this gap by providing a better understanding of the CAS landscape through comparing two of the main gender equality schemes used by research-performing organisations in Europe Athena SWAN (in the UK) and Total E-Quality Award (in Germany). Based on qualitative interviews with stakeholders across Europe and document analysis, this paper focuses on strengths, challenges faced by and the impact of these CAS. This comparative exercise highlights particular learning points that can inform potential reviews of existing schemes and/or the development of new schemes such as a Europe-wide scheme. The latter is the focus of a Horizon 2020 project entitled CASPER (Certification-Award Systems to Promote Gender Equality in Research), which aims at making recommendations to the European Commission as to the feasibility of a Europe-wide CAS for gender equality in research organisations.


2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 247-248
Author(s):  
Julien Dewoghelaere ◽  
Gilles Heriard-Dubreuil ◽  
Nadja Zeleznik​​​​​​​ ◽  
Johan Swahn ◽  
Honorine Rey​​​​​​​ ◽  
...  

Abstract. One objective of EURAD is to allow innovative ways for close interactions between experts from WMOs (waste management organisations), TSOs (technical support organisations) and REs (research organisations) and civil society (CS) organisations. Based on a model of pluralistic interactions as developed and tested in previous projects (SITEX-II, JOPRAD, Modern2020, etc.), EURAD proposes a framework for interaction that consists of translating scientific/technical results for exchanging with a group of CS representatives, gathering CS views on future EURAD activities, and improving the mutual understanding on research, development and demonstration (RD&amp;D) performed to support the development of safe solutions for radioactive waste. This framework of interaction also develops propositions on how to interact with CS on scientific and technical results, how to deal with uncertainties (inherently linked to the long timeframes and numerous processes considered for geological disposal) and on how to interact with CS stakeholders to promote mutual benefits of the available knowledge, based on cooperation and sharing. The final objective is to create the methodological conditions for interactions between the concerned categories of players to take place on the same footing and fair enough for each category of participants to be able to co-contribute to the framing of the discussions. To do so, the EURAD established interaction activities with a group of representatives of CS organisations (the CS larger group). The composition of this group has been established at the start of EURAD via an open call by the EURAD consortium to CS organisations, such as local communities having interest in radioactive waste management (RWM, local association, local committee of information, local partnership), and national or European CS organisations taking part in interactions in the field of RWM at the national or European level. The interactions between the technical experts and the CS group are facilitated by CS facilitators (also called CS experts), according to the “double wing” methodology elaborated in the SITEX II project, working for linked third parties to mandated players in EURAD, with a standing engagement on RWM and/or having skills/experience on the involvement of CS in scientific and technical issues. The CS experts interact with the institutional experts from the WMOs, TSOs and REs in order to have a better understanding of the field of study and to prepare interactions with the CS larger group. This double wing process enables participation of CS representatives in RD&amp;D projects. This involves the use of specific methods, such as the PEP Serious Game (developed in the SITEX II project) and ad hoc methodologies, such as the 3+1 dialogue developed in the framework of the UMAN project in EURAD working on uncertainties management. In parallel, a process of evaluation of the ICS (interaction with civil society) activities is implemented with the objective to establish criteria enabling good conditions for fruitful interactions with CS in EURAD.


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 423-442
Author(s):  
V. Yu. Slepak ◽  
N. A. Pozhilova

Since the end of the twentieth century, there has been a trend in Europe towards the accumulation of scientific knowledge, increasing the competitiveness of European research and the mobility of scientists themselves. The goals and objectives set by the European Union are being realised through the creation of a common European Research Area and the implementation of special framework programmes. The EU funding for basic research is now being pursued under a new framework programme known as Horizon Europe. Despite a number of changes caused by the increasing complexity of the structure of the bodies involved in funding research projects, grants to researchers, including through the activities of the European Research Council, remain the main sourсe of investment. Horizon Europe provides research and innovation funding for multinational cooperation projects as well as for individual researchers and supports SMEs with a special funding instrument. Attention should also be paid to such aspects of the programme implementation as European partnerships (in various forms) and research infrastructures. However, despite all the positive experiences of the previous framework programmes, the current legal regulations make it very difficult for researchers from third countries to participate in the call for proposals, usually the possible implementation of such projects is subject to the participation of European researchers or research organisations, thereby ensuring EU competitiveness in the international arena.


2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 388-398
Author(s):  
Shilpa Datar

This article explains the steps followed in developing psychometric personality assessment tests from the Indian psychological/Vedic perspective while also mentioning the psychometric properties of the scales. Its numerous publications in peer-reviewed journals are by itself an acceptance of the validity and reliability of the scale, along with the accreditation obtained from concerned certifying authorities in India. Additionally, its use in multiple academic and research organisations both in India and abroad throws up interesting possibilities using Indian psychological concepts can offer solutions to, being relevant to all peoples of the world today, as they were from times immemorial. The article draws attention to the multiple applications that the five-element theory of personality understanding offers and explores how this can used in organisations to provide for higher retention of employees, better employee engagement and higher cohesiveness and cultural fit amongst teams within organisations, especially when they are integrated in the recruitment processes itself.


Author(s):  
Adrien Pajot ◽  
Aurélie Jambon ◽  
Camille Monchicourt ◽  
Olivier Rovellotti

Huge improvements have been made throughout the years in collecting and standardising biodiversity data (Bisby 2000, Osawa 2019, Hardisty and Roberts 2013) and in overhauling how to make information in the field of biodiversity data management more FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) (Simons 2021), but there is still room for improvement. Most professionals working in protected areas, conservation groups, and research organisations lack the required know-how to improve the reuse ratio of their data. The GeoNature and GeoNature-Atlas (Monchicourt 2018, Corny et al. 2019) are a set of open-source software that facilitate data collection, management, validation, sharing (e.g., via Darwin Core standard) and visualisation. It is a powerful case study of collaborative work, which includes teams from private and public sectors with at least fifteen national parks and forty other organisations currently using and contributing to the package in France and Belgium (view it on github).


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