Between policy and science: Research councils' responsiveness in Austria, Norway and Switzerland

Stig Slipersæter, Benedetto Lepori and Michael Dinges

Science and Public Policy, 2007, vol. 34, issue 6, 401-415

Abstract: This paper investigates the developments of research councils in Austria, Norway and Switzerland, and analyses their responsiveness to government and science. By use of various data sources and indicators, our results suggest that councils are sometimes more responsive to the beneficiaries' interests (science) than to policy-makers, but are more responsive to government policies when under stronger government control. Patterns of responsiveness tend to be stable through time despite important changes in national contexts and the changing roles and organisation of research councils. These findings have interesting theoretical consequences about responsiveness and independence Copyright , Beech Tree Publishing.

Date: 2007
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