Report calls for exit from a ‘research hotel’ model

By Jan Petter Myklebust. In 2010 the Swedish Research Council published a report showing that the country’s production of cutting-edge research had fallen below that of Denmark, The Netherlands and Switzerland. This month a new report has called for funding changes, stronger academic leadership, and clear career paths and good conditions for young researchers.
Following the 2010 study, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences commissioned two professors, Gunnar Öquist and Mats Benner, to find out why the country’s breakthrough research was in comparative decline.
Their report, Fostering Breakthrough Research: A comparative study, published on 9 December, offers an extensive analysis. Read more...