SI 2021 Science of Science Funding
Paula Stephan and Reinhilde Veugelers, Organizers
July 22, 2021
Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
on Zoom.us
| Thursday, July 22 | ||
| 9:30 am |
Welcome, Paula Stephan and Reinhilde Veugelers Adam Falk, President of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation |
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| 9:45 am | Session 1: Teams | |
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Yang Yang, Northwestern University Teresa Woodruff, Northwestern University Yuan Tian, New York University Benjamin Jones, Northwestern University and NBER Brian Uzzi, Northwestern University Mixed-Gender Teams Produce More Innovative and Influential Scientific Ideas |
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Benjamin Davies, Stanford University Jason Gush, Royal Society of New Zealand Shaun C. Hendy, University of Auckland Adam B. Jaffe, Brandeis University and NBER Research Funding and Collaboration |
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Discussants: Rikke Nørding Christensen, Novo Nordisk Foundation Wesley M. Cohen, Duke University and NBER Fiona Murray, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER |
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| 10:45 am | Session 2: Direction of research | |
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Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER David Y. Yang, Harvard University and NBER Jie Zhou, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Political Pressure and the Direction of Research: Evidence from China’s Academia |
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Anita Rao, Georgetown University Industry-Funded Research and Bias in Food Science |
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Chiara Franzoni, Politecnico di Milano Henry Sauermann, European School of Management and Technology Diletta Di Marco, Politecnico di Milano When Citizens Judge Science: Evaluations of Social Impact and Support for Research |
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Discussants Ashish Arora, Duke University and NBER Richard B. Freeman, Harvard University and NBER Ina Ganguli, University of Massachusetts Amherst Chonnettia Jones, Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research |
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| 12:15 pm | Break | |
| 12:30 pm | Ways to Fund Scientists | |
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Chair: Paula Stephan, Georgia State University and NBER Panel members: Erica Fuchs, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER Katalin Karikó, Senior Vice President RNA Protein Replacement Therapies, BioNTech Bhaven N. Sampat, Columbia University and NBER Manuel Trajtenberg, Tel Aviv University and NBER |
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| 1:30 pm | Break | |
| 1:40 pm | Session 3: The Publishing Game | |
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Joshua L. Krieger, Harvard University Kyle R. Myers, Harvard University and NBER Ariel Dora Stern, Hasso Plattner Institute Editors are Gatekeepers of Science, but Individual Editors Don’t Matter Much |
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Discussants: Carolyn Stein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Brad Wible, Science Magazine |
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| 2:10 pm | Session 4: Science of Science Funding (SSF) Supported Research | |
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Caroline Fry, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Jeffrey L. Furman, Boston University and NBER When Do Migrants Build Global Networks? Evidence from Female Scientists in a South South Fellowship Program |
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Discussant: Angelino Viceisza, Spelman College and NBER |
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| 3:00 pm |
Announcements of other initiatives of relevance for SSF Community Reinhilde Veugelers |
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| 3:15 pm |
Concluding comments Paula Stephan and Reinhilde Veugelers |
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| 3:30 pm | Adjourn | |