A recent study into China’s innovation boom found patenting activity has been accelerating for years and is built on a whole ecosystem, not a few lone heroes.
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Science equips us with the tools to reason, evaluate evidence, and make informed decisions in a complex, changing world.
Solutions for food systems exist; scaling them is where the challenge lies.
There is no approved vaccine to curb the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. But new funding offers hope.
Budget 2026 offered useful support for small firms. But building blocks are not the same as a productivity blueprint.
The measures announced in the budget are not the kind of renewal many in the research sector might have hoped for.
Scientific innovation has been driving US economic growth for decades. Losing that edge means losing access to the technologies and brainpower that come with it.
As new targets designed to help the EU economy work towards autonomy are unveiled, Europe’s “old growth” model and its R&D multinationals’ reliance on foreign markets come under review.
Australia spends less on research and development than most of the developed world, and our productivity growth is the lowest in decades.
While headlines focus on Harvard and Columbia, state universities train far more STEM students, power the nation’s research engine and have fewer resources to weather sweeping cuts.
Collectively, the trio’s work has examined what drives sustainable economic growth over time, including scientific innovation and the birth and death of firms.
The federal government is more likely to fund curiosity-driven basic research, while industry is more likely to support research that has a clearer eventual payoff.
Thomas Edison is just part of the answer, and the light bulb is just part of what he achieved.
Government R&D encompasses all innovative work the government directly pays for, regardless of who does it.
Boosting living standards by fixing the structural problems in the economy has been prioritised by the government. There is no shortage of advice where to start.
In an uncertain world, Australia is spending about 1.7% of its Gross Domestic Product on research and development. The OECD average is 2.7%.
Science can help boost national economic productivity in many ways. But it needs to be properly supported.
Support for businesses is particularly pressing during times of economic crises so that they can adapt their innovation plans.
Research, development and innovation are essential for fulfilling state-owned enterprises’ mandates and driving economic growth.
Universities can have a reputation for being too slow or academic for New Zealand businesses to work with. But new research suggests the opposite is true.
Top contributors
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Emeritus Professor of Innovation, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University
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Professorial fellow, Flinders University; Australian National University
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Director of the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Director, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Public Policy, ADFA Canberra, UNSW
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Previous Vice President of the Academy of Science of South Africa and DSI-NRF SARChI chair in Fungal Genomics, Professor in Genetics, University of Pretoria, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Research Policy, Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy, UCL
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Director of Research, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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Innovator in Residence, University of Oxford and Emeritus Professor, School of Business, The University of Queensland
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Honorary Professor, TU Wien
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Senior Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Director of programmes, African Academy of Sciences
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Associate Professor, Bond Business School, Bond University
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Assoc Prof. Renewable Energy, Monash University