Research infrastructures in less developed countries: the Brazilian case

Caliari, Thiago; Rapini, Márcia Siqueira; Chiarini, Tulio

doi:10.1007/s11192-019-03245-2

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“…LSRIs, which are scientific research facilities built to meet the needs of modern "big science" research, aim to expand human cognitive abilities, discover new laws, and incubate new technologies. Some studies have divided the roles of LSRIs into categories including, but not limited to, scientific, technological, economic, educational, and other social aspects (Marcelli, 2014;Michalowski, 2014;Qiao et al, 2016;Carrazza et al, 2016;Caliari et al, 2020;Beck and Charitos, 2021). The OECD report in 2014 partitioned the impacts of LSRIs into scientific achievements, impacts of construction and operation, personnel training, scientific cooperation, technological innovation, and education (Michalowski, 2014).…”

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“…Therefore, it is particularly important to scientifically evaluate the knowledge effect produced by LSRIs. Existing research has explored the definition (Michalowski, 2014;Qiao et al, 2016;D'ippolito and Rüling, 2019), type (Qiao et al, 2016), and distribution (Marcelli, 2014) of LSRIs, analyzed the scientific effect that LSRIs possess in theory (Michalowski, 2014;Qiao et al, 2016) and investigated specific infrastructure using scientometrics or case study methods (Lozano et al, 2014;Carrazza et al, 2016;Caliari et al, 2020). However, as some studies have pointed out, there are few systematic evaluating the effect of LSRIs based on a causal inference framework (Bollen et al, 2011), and further efforts are needed to identify the role of LSRIs in innovation growth at the regional level (Caliari et al, 2020;Beck and Charitos, 2021).…”

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Does large-scale research infrastructure affect regional knowledge innovation, and how? A case study of the National Supercomputing Center in China

Yang,

Liu,

Wang

2024

Humanit Soc Sci Commun

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Large-scale research infrastructures (LSRIs) are widely acknowledged as a crucial instrument for venturing into the uncharted territories of science and technology, as well as contributing to the well-being of society. However, only a limited number of literature have scrutinized the impact of LSRIs, founded upon a causal inference framework. Moreover, the function of LSRIs in the advancement of innovation at the regional level remains inadequately identified. Drawing on the resource-based view, this study develops a conceptual framework that links the scientific effect of LSRIs to innovation resources in order to assess their impact on knowledge innovation (KI). Taking China’s National Supercomputing Center (NSC) as a case, three major mechanism hypotheses are proposed for the impact of NSC on KI, including basic effect, network effect, and technology effect. Using panel data from 283 cities in China from 2000 to 2020, we employ a spatial difference-in-differences estimation model to examine the impact of NSC on KI. The research finds that: (1) The construction of NSC stimulates KI in local and surrounding areas. (2) The main mechanisms by which NSC promotes KI include the increase in fiscal investment and talents in science, the improvement of digital infrastructure, as well as the enhancement of urban network centrality and innovation efficiency. (3) Geographical proximity, cooperation proximity, and digitization proximity constitute the main channels of policy spillover. (4) NSC has not shown significant promotion of regional innovation convergence, and its radiation influence needs further improvement. (5) The knowledge innovation effects of NSCs manifest heterogeneity based on the distinct knowledge orientation and innovation environment, with this impact being notably pronounced in application innovation-oriented cities such as Shenzhen. The results of this study reveal the positive yet limited impact of NSC on KI and provide a reference for other economies in the areas of LSRIs, digital infrastructure, and the formulation of place-based innovation policy.

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Does large-scale research infrastructure affect regional knowledge innovation, and how? A case study of the National Supercomputing Center in China

Yang,

Liu,

Wang

2024

Humanit Soc Sci Commun

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“…Countries such as Australia and South Africa have also published national Research Infrastructure roadmaps in the European vein within recent years. Academic literature on non-European RIs is also sparse, although there are notable exceptions related to at least China (Qiao et al, 2016;Xu et al, 2017) and Brazil (Caliari et al, 2020). RISCAPE can, as an international mapping funded by the European Commission after an initial call process, be seen as another means of extending the European scientific and diplomatic footprint outside the European region.…”

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“…The political hype around RIs has not been matched by any comprehensive definitional or categorization work (Hallonsten, 2020). This is perhaps best illustrated by the fact that a total of 60 RIs have appeared on ESFRI-roadmaps, 1042 infrastructures are available in the online MERIL-database (Mapping of the European Research Infrastructure Landscape; MERIL, 2021), while Caliari et al (2020) identifies no less than 4857 research infrastructures in Brazil alone. suggest a useful differentiation between "research infrastructures" and "Research Infrastructures".…”

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Energy Research Infrastructures in Europe and Beyond: Mapping an Unmapped Landscape

Knudsen

Ferreira-Aulu

Kaivo‐oja

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European research and innovation policy highlights the importance of transnational scientific collaboration, International collaborations in science concentrates and magnifies resources for conducting research and foster innovation. Often, individual institutions, or even individual European countries, cannot provide the right capabilities by themselves. Joint facilities and Research Infrastructures (RIs) are therefore of high importance, and through Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe nearly €5 bn EU funding is set aside for these institutions. Considering the large-scale funding and the perceived importance of RIs, a better understanding of their roles, functions, and usefulness is highly relevant to of European integration studies. While ‘Research Infrastructures’ has become a fixed terminology of EU-policy, conceptually defining RIs remain a matter of academic debate. We contribute to the “what is an RI?”-discussion by synthesizing existing literature and presenting novel empirical data from the energy domain mapping of the Horizon 2020-project Research Infrastructures in the International Landscape (RISCAPE). We provide insights into the process of mapping an hitherto largely unknown landscape of global Energy RIs. These insights touch upon both definitional issues relevant to the RI-field and methodological concerns for future landscape analyses. Finally, the article suggests that when it comes to energy research, RI-terminology might be misplaced as a catchall modern synonym for “gold standard world-class science”.

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“…Caliari et al (2020) report on how Brazil has, over 50–60 years, built its research infrastructures of public laboratories in public universities and research institutions through federal government funding and how this has contributed to its recognized research landscape. It is also being argued that essential data from Africa for emerging global concerns like climate change and in particular greenhouse gas observations are missing due to the lack of adequate reporting infrastructures (López-Ballesteros et al , 2018).…”

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Open research data in African academic and research libraries: a literature analysis

Chiware

2020

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PurposeThe paper presents a literature review on research data management services in African academic and research libraries on the backdrop of the advancing open science and open research data infrastructures. It provides areas of focus for library to support open research data.Design/methodology/approachThe literature analysis and future role of African libraries in research data management services were based on three areas as follows:open science, research infrastructures and open data infrastructures. Focussed literature searches were conducted across several electronic databases and discovery platforms, and a qualitative content analysis approach was used to explore the themes based on a coded list.FindingsThe review reports of an environment where open science in Africa is still at developmental stages. Research infrastructures face funding and technical challenges. Data management services are in formative stages with progress reported in a few countries where open science and research data management policies have emerged, cyber and data infrastructures are being developed and limited data librarianship courses are being taught.Originality/valueThe role of the academic and research libraries in Africa remains important in higher education and the national systems of research and innovation. Libraries should continue to align with institutional and national trends in response to the provision of data management services and as partners in the development of research infrastructures.

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Research infrastructures in less developed countries: the Brazilian case

Cited by 4 publications

References 37 publications

Does large-scale research infrastructure affect regional knowledge innovation, and how? A case study of the National Supercomputing Center in China

Does large-scale research infrastructure affect regional knowledge innovation, and how? A case study of the National Supercomputing Center in China

Energy Research Infrastructures in Europe and Beyond: Mapping an Unmapped Landscape

Open research data in African academic and research libraries: a literature analysis

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