La convocatòria del PERIS del 2017 ha afavorit, per primera vegada, la intensificació en investigació als professionals infermers i infermeres. Durant un període màxim de nou mesos aquesta intensificació ha permès alliberar aquests professionals de les tasques assistencials per desenvolupar activitats de recerca. El present monogràfic recull una anàlisi sistèmica de l’estat de situació indicant el que ha suposat aquesta convocatòria pel que fa a oportunitats per als professionals intensificats i beneficis per al sistema de salut. Això s’ha fet a través de l’anàlisi de text de les Instantànies de Recerca, unes fitxes que van emplenar els beneficiaris dels ajuts al final del període sobre l’experiència, la recerca, els seus resultats i els beneficis obtinguts.

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The publication reflects on some specific approaches that academic research can adopt towards the common goal of producing reliable, reproducible and trustworthy scientific evidence. It also takes a normative stance by reaffirming the need for more articulated and context-sensitive standards of research integrity, greater and better inter-, multi- and transdisciplinary collaboration, re-adjustments in the evolving system of scientific publishing, and the importance of ethical guidance as a shaping asset for trustworthy research.

The paper thereby seeks to understand and value the different methodological approaches that inform knowledge production. How can different scientific disciplines trust and learn from each other? Are there common research standards that are clearly shared by all disciplines and constitute the ‘backbone’ of scientific practice? How can these standards be effectively communicated to a wider audience? These are the questions addressed in this  issue.

The publication follows the ALLEA discussion paper Loss of Trust? Loss of Trustworthiness? Truth and Expertise Today, which focused on how trust in expertise is placed or refused more generally.

Primer informe sobre el gasto en I+D previsto en el proyecto de Presupuestos para 2019 aprobado por el Consejo de Ministros y en el que se pone de manifiesto un incremento en recursos no financieros, mayor que en los financieros, en la línea de las recomendaciones que COSCE viene haciendo en sus Informes anuales. Un crecimiento que puede ser un primer paso, y que debe mantenerse de manera sistemática durante una década, para poder revertir la enorme desinversión que la ciencia ha sufrido durante la crisis.

This EUA-CDE report presents the results of an extensive and unique study on the state of play of doctoral education in Europe. Offering findings gathered from more than 300 institutions across Europe, it provides an overview of the deep transformation that has taken place in doctoral education over the past ten years. The report focuses on the key results of years of doctoral education reform in Europe, which have been marked by the introduction of doctoral schools at many institutions and a significant increase of the number of doctoral candidates and doctoral graduates. More specifically, it examines the balance between institutional responsibility and that of the individual supervisor, as well as the mechanisms that underpin the passage through the doctorate and towards future careers. It also assesses the degree of change, asking how the doctorate today is different from that of a decade or more ago. The funding of doctoral education and the strategic priorities of institutions are others line of questioning, among many others.

Pioneers highlights the lives and achievements of 8 remarkable European women in the arts, sciences and society. From groundbreaking women’s rights campaigners to brilliant scientists, this exhibition celebrates the historical contribution of innovative women to human knowledge and culture. Every week, from now until International Women’s Day on 8 March, we’ll publish a new exhibition chapter telling the story of a female pioneer. We’ll encounter brilliant women from across Europe, both famous and less well-known, from the 16th to the 20th centuries.

La Fundació Catalana per a la Recerca i la Innovació (FCRi) organitza, juntament amb dotze universitats catalanes, i amb el suport de la Generalitat de Catalunya, el concurs “Presenta la teva tesi en 4 minuts”.

L’objectiu és plantejar als estudiants de doctorat, de qualsevol disciplina científica, el repte d’explicar la seva recerca durant un temps màxim de 4 minuts amb un llenguatge senzill i fàcilment comprensible, per a un públic general.

The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW), with the scientific support by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC), assesses the Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in Europe, depending on the performance in the ten principles of: (1) Entrepreneurship, (2) ‘Second chance’, (3) ‘Think small first’, (4) ‘Responsive administration’, (5) State aid & public procurement, (6) Access to finance, (7) Single market, (8) Skills and innovation, (9) Environment, and (10) Internationalisation. This JRC technical report describes the underlying rationale for the quantitative measurement of these principles. It discusses the methodological approach to calculate how countries perform in the outlined principles. This takes into account the choice of the indicators, the data quality controls (including missing data and outliers), normalization and weightings, and the statistical coherence and robustness checks of the 2018 edition.