SI 2024 Science of Science Funding
Megan MacGarvie, Paula Stephan, and Reinhilde Veugelers, Organizers
July 18-19, 2024
Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
University BC
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA and Zoom.us
| Thursday, July 18 | ||||
| 8:30 am | Coffee and Pastries | |||
| 9:00 am |
Welcome Megan MacGarvie, Paula Stephan and Reinhilde Veugelers, organizers Alfred P. Sloan Foundation |
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| 9:10 am | Session I: Diffusion of Science | |||
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Caterina Chiopris, Harvard University The Diffusion of Ideas
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Sebastian Hager, LMU Carlo Schwarz, Bocconi University Fabian Waldinger, University of Munich Measuring Science: Performance Metrics and the Allocation of Talent
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Yonghong An, Texas A&M University Michael A. Williams, Berkeley Research Group Mo Xiao, University of Arizona The Cost of Knowledge: Academic Journal Pricing and Research Dissemination
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| 11:05 am | Break | |||
| 11:15 am | Session II Inequality in Science | |||
| 11:15 am |
Anna Airoldi, New York University Petra Moser, New York University and NBER Inequality in Science: Who Becomes a Star?
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| 11:55 am |
Richard B. Freeman, Harvard University and NBER Danxia Xie, Tsinghua University Hanzhe Zhang, Michigan State University Han Zhou, Tsinghua University High and Rising Institutional Concentration of Award-Winning Economists
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| 12:30 pm | Lunch | |||
| 1:30 pm | Session III: The practice of science | |||
| 1:30 pm |
Zak Risha, University of Pittsburgh Yiling Lin, University of Pittsburgh Erin Leahey, University of Arizona Lingfei Wu, University of Pittsburg The Death of Renaissance Scientist
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| 2:05 pm |
Jorge Guzman, Columbia University and NBER Zubin Jelveh, University of Maryland Bruce Kogut, Columbia University The Unfolding SPIRIT of Science: Evidence from P-Hacking in Academic Clinical Trials
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| 2:45 pm | Break | |||
| 3:00 pm | Session IV Organization of Science Funding | |||
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Richard T. Carson, University of California, San Diego Joshua S. Graff Zivin, University of California, San Diego and NBER Jeffrey G. Shrader, Columbia University Choose Your Moments: NIH Peer Review and Scientific Risk Taking
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| 3:40 pm |
Chiara Franzoni, Politecnico di Milano Massimiliano Guerni, Politecnico di Milano Andola Stanaj, Politecnico di Milano Expert Predictions and Errors in Research Funding Decisions
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| 4:20 pm |
Hao Peng, Northwestern University Huilian Sophie Qiu, Northwestern University Henrik Barslund Fosse, Novo Nordisk Foundation Brian Uzzi, Northwestern University Promotional Language and the Adoption of Innovative Ideas in Science
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| 4:59 pm | Funders Discussants: Rikke Nørding Christensen, Novo Nordisk Foundation and Michael Lauer, National Institutes of Health | |||
| 5:00 pm | Adjourn | |||
| 6:00 pm | Reception & Dinner at Royal Sonesta Hotel (Somerset Room) | |||
| Friday, July 19 | ||||
| 8:30 am | Coffee and Pastries | |||
| 9:00 am | Session V: Artificial Intelligence | |||
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Pin Sun, Renmin University of China Qian Chen, Pennsylvania State University Yi-Jen Ho, Tulane University Dashun Wang, Northwestern University The Philosopher’s Stone for Science – The Catalyst Change of AI for Scientific Creativity
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| 9:40 am |
Daniel N. Yue, Harvard University I, Google: Estimating the Impact of Corporate Involvement on AI Research
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| 10:15 am | Break | |||
| 10:30 am | Short presentation of recent research on early careers | |||
| 10:30 am |
Wei Yang Tham, Harvard University Joseph Staudt, U.S. Census Bureau Bitsy Perlman, U.S. Census Bureau Stephanie D. Cheng, Edgeworth Economics Scientific Talent Leaks Out of Funding Gaps |
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| 10:40 am |
Flavio Hafner, Netherlands eScience Center Christoph Hedtrich, Uppsala University Networks in the Market for Researchers |
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| 10:50 am |
Anna M. Stansbury, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Kyra Rodriguez, Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Class Gap in Career Progression: Evidence from US Academia |
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| 11:00 am |
Ina Ganguli, University of Massachusetts Amherst and NBER Raviv Murciano-Goroff, Boston University The Effect of Minimum Wage Changes on University Research Labs |
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| 11:10 am |
Panel: Research on Early Careers Overview Donna K. Ginther, University of Kansas and NBER Future Directions Ubadah Sabbagh, MIT Kaye Husbands-Fealing, Georgia Tech and NSF |
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| 11:40 am | General Discussion on where we are/where we should be on early career research | |||
| 12:00 pm | Closing Remarks by Megan MacGarvie, Paula Stephan and Reinhilde Veugelers, organizers | |||
| 12:15 pm | Adjourn and Lunch | |||