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The Manchester Institute Of Innovation Research are hosting a short course on May 13-17: Evaluation of science and innovation policies The demand for evaluation in science and innovation policy continues to grow alongside the demands on STI policy to deliver a broad range of economic and societal goals against financial constraints. Thus, evaluations are increasingly understood as an essential learning tool and this course may therefore be of use. For a course overview and to apply please follow this link: https://lnkd.in/dun9jhmj #innovation #research #evaluation

What is the ROBUST project? ❓ In this video 'Research Spotlight' introduction produced by Corvinus University of Budapest, Department of Public Policy, we hear from György Hajnal, who explains the background to the ROBUST project, and what we expect to achieve in this early phase. 🎥 Watch the interview here: https://lnkd.in/d4j7UMwS

Marcel Garz and I are launching a new interest group to promote new methods for analyzing all kinds of media, including text, pictures, video, and sound. We like to promote cross-disciplinarity. It does not matter whether you work in academia or industry—if your job involves analyzing data, this can be interesting! Join us for our first seminar with Mathilda Åkerlund, who will show us her take on analyzing far-right movements. I'll post the link in the comments below. #dataanalytics #methods #bigdata #BI #researchmethods

🚨 BERA Conference Recap! 🚨 At this year’s BERA Conference, Gemma Moss participated in the thought-provoking panel: "The intersection between research and policy: Perspectives, experiences, and understandings of academic researchers and Ofsted." The discussion delved into the critical challenges and opportunities in fostering collaboration between academic researchers and policymakers at Ofsted, and the barriers that can often stand between research and policy implementation. The panel emphasized the importance of building trusted partnerships and explored practical strategies to create productive, long-lasting collaboration between academia and government bodies. 🌍🤝📚 Let's continue fostering these essential partnerships for impactful research and policy. #BERAWERA2024 #ResearchAndPolicy #Collaboration #AcademiaAndGovernment #Ofsted #GemmaMoss #EducationResearch #BERAPanel

Assistant Proffessor Jan Hausfeld and Associate Professor Artūras Juodis have both received a Vidi Grant from the NWO (Dutch Research Council). 👏 Hausfeld’s project, 'Us vs. Them: Using Attention to Understand and Reduce Discrimination', studies how attention affects discrimination, especially in group decisions. Using eye-tracking technology, he hopes to uncover hidden biases and help make hiring and resource distribution fairer. In 'Enhancing Interpretability and Transparency of Econometric Procedures for Dynamic Economic Models,' Juodis is working to make complex economic models easier to understand. His research will help economists get clearer insights for better policy and economic forecasts.

This paper examines the time-varying directional predictability from the implied volatility of risky assets, such as US stocks, to the implied volatility of less risky or safe haven assets, such as gold, cryptocurrency, foreign exchange rates, and US Treasury notes, which allows for making time and regime dependent inferences on the flight-to-safety phenomenon. The results show a positive directional predictability from the VIX to the implied volatility of gold, cryptocurrency, and foreign exchange rates in periods of high market uncertainty such as the COVID-19 outbreak and the war in Ukraine. The volatility of US Treasury notes has a different response dynamic to the VIX, switching to negative cross-correlations in some cases, given its tight link to inflationary pressure and economic policy uncertainty. The main results remain qualitatively unchanged after incorporating economic policy uncertainty and oil volatility. An additional analysis indicates that flight-to-safety is not exclusively triggered by the high volatility regime in US equities but happens at median levels too. Our findings have important implications for investors, risk managers, and policymakers regarding volatility predictability, hedging, and market stability. Keywords: Flight-to-safety; implied volatility; gold; cryptocurrency; S&P 500 VIX; US Treasury notes; foreign exchange rates; COVID-19 outbreak and war periods; quantile dependency

On Sept. 18 through Sept. 21, our Abt Global experts will be at the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE) 2024 Conference in Baltimore! This year's theme, Navigating the Future of Education Research: Impact Evaluation in a Transforming Landscape, asks education researchers if they're ready to address the rapid technological, cultural, and policy changes shaping the ed landscape. Check out our presentation schedule below - we hope to see you there! #SREE #EducationResearch

The Eu-SPRI Forum was held this week in Enschede, bringing together over 350 people from mostly European institutions interested in science, technology, and innovation (STI) policy. The following points stood out for me: - We are finally getting a more nuanced and empirically informed debate about how missions and transformative policy are implemented. The boundary between these two approaches is fuzzier and very contextual. Transformative research was much more present with a dedicated track. There is still much definitional heavy lifting, but I saw appreciation for the diverse practices and (ethical) struggles of individual researchers and questions about the institutional support for engaged/action/transdisciplinary modes of research. - The impact agenda is in full swing, and most people are grappling with the consequences of it. The mismatch between the collective nature of impact and the individualised rewards and recognition system was very apparent. Most transdisciplinary collaborations require varied contributions, with researchers assuming multiple roles. I wish there were more space in the conference to connect with debates about co-production, which have already gone a lot further in unpacking what happens in these processes. How do we acknowledge varied contributions, serendipitous processes and the (slow) emergent and open-ended nature of 'impact' in the rapid pace of current academia? I wish we could all read, discuss and implement the likes of "The Slow Professor" https://lnkd.in/ePWUe7XT - Finally, I am glad to see Utrecht University and other Dutch universities trying their best to redress some of these significant structural barriers to more engaged scholarship. Every month that passes, it feels like we are taking steps in the right direction. It is great when many of your colleagues and bosses discuss science policy and the need for more humane and transformative academia. Next stop: IST in Oslo.

Foundational Papers in Complexity Science! Foundational Papers presents the first unified charting of the full territory of complexity science—an essential resource for navigating the modern world. These four volumes are a product of collective intelligence More than a compilation, Foundational Papers represents large-scale collaboration within the SFI community—brilliant thinkers who have contextualized the work that shaped their own research, resulting in a sparkling demonstration of how complexity shatters the usual scientific divisions and a look back at the path we’ve followed in order to gain a clearer view of what lies ahead. Volumes 1 & 2 just landed in my mailbox. Looking forward to the read! Foundational Papers in Complexity Science. Edited by David C. Krakauer. 4 volumes. Santa Fe, NM: SFI Press, 2024. Check out the project by the Santa Fe Institute here: https://lnkd.in/dGfYxrSe #innovation #complexity #complexityscience #complexsytems

WORKSHOP INVITATION & CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS Berlin, 16.07.2024 - 17.07.2024 Are you interested in or working on the following questions? • Which methodologies allow engagement with activistically produced knowledge or with people who embody knowledge without merely “legitimizing” it academically? • What are the possibilities and boundaries of participatory methodologies? • Who is the research for and what are the possibilities of putting the research to use in communities beyond “research dissemination”? • How can knowledge produced in an academic context inform practices of resistance and vice versa? Please consider to submit a proposal for 1.5h session to discuss these questions. There are three options of participation you can choose from: 1. Conducting a workshop yourself 2. Research Presentation within the workshop in the style of a conference panel 3. Participation in the workshop Submit your proposal to ar.conference@dezim-institut.de by 08.07.2024