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Panel 7 – ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT (LUSEM)
the plans. The Ph.D. production seems to be in better shape, and there is
good future potential through new research programs (at the Institute of
Economic Research).
8.7 Future potential and possibilities
The unit’s high age structure for the staff offers a potential to renew the
unit within a near future. The active Ph.D. program also offers some
promise in terms of future recruitment. The average age by which the
Ph.D:s take their degree has promisingly gone down. Since the unit’s
main problem seems to be an insufficient amount of active researchers,
and not the quality of the research itself, there is good potential for higher
future research output given the research climate can be amended.
8.8 Gender and equal opportunity issues
There are fewer females as is typical within this field.
8.9 Overall assessment
Research
Insufficient
Collaboration Worth developing
Research/teaching Poor
Future plans
Good
Overall assessment Insufficient
The level of research activity in this unit is very low. Although some
good papers have been produced, and awards obtained, the recruitment
processes and research activity in this unit need to be activated. This is an
important subject for a business school and definitely needs to be developed
further.
9. Research Policy Institute (RPI)
9.1 Unit Description
Established in 1966, the RPI was among the first institutes established in
Europe to carry out empirical studies of (contemporary) science, technology
and innovation (“research on research” or, hereafter, STI). The
field then emerging brought together perspectives and approaches from
sociology of science, economics of innovation, political science and (to
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