The Meaning of Digitalization for Research Skills: Challenges for Sti Policy

Dirk Meissner, Narkhova Anastasiia () and Plekhanov Dmitry ()
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Narkhova Anastasiia: National Research University Higher School of Economics
Plekhanov Dmitry: National Research University Higher School of Economics

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Abstract: This paper gives an overview of the impact of the current digital evolution of S&T systems, in particular on STI policies and research skills development. Within this context digitalization demonstrates strong impact on human capital and tangible assets (infrastructures and information processing tools etc.) by means of enhancing sources of new knowledge. Hence, challenges arise on the useful and proper utilization of numerous opportunities which emerged from digitalization. What are the new challenges for S&T systems caused by digitalization and what mechanisms could be implemented for system adaptation to them? What are the new research skills that are a high priority to acquire both by individuals and system as a whole? The paper argues that STI policy thus far hasn’t demonstrated sufficient responses to the changing requirements on researcher skills but remains at the infrastructural discussion.

Keywords: Open access; open science; researcher skills; digitalization; STI policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O31 O38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 16 pages
Date: 2016
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Published in WP BRP Series: Science, Technology and Innovation / STI, October 2016, pages 1-16

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