The dynamics of the European water research network: a diversifying community with a stable core

Water Policy ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 493-512 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pieter W. Heringa ◽  
Laurens K. Hessels ◽  
Mariëlle van der Zouwen
Keyword(s):  
Research Policy ◽  
Research Network ◽  
Publicly Funded ◽  
Water Research ◽  
Societal Challenges ◽  
European Water ◽  
Stable Core ◽  
Framework Programmes ◽  
Research Organisations ◽  
Over Time

Both in water management and in research policy there is a call for more integrative approaches to tackle large societal challenges. This requires collaboration in networks of actors with different institutional and geographical backgrounds. However, our understanding of the European water research network is limited. Applying social network analysis to data from projects in Framework Programmes 1 to 7, we identify central actors in the network and explore their institutional and geographical characteristics. Compared to the generic research network arising from all projects in the Framework Programmes, the water research network turns out to consist of organisations that are geographically more diverse and more equally distributed across different organisation types. Although the diversity of the network has increased over time, the traditional knowledge producers, higher education organisations and publicly-funded research organisations from the EU15, have kept their position in the network centre over time, resulting in a stable core since the 1980s.

scholarly journals Trend and status of out-of-pocket payments for healthcare in Iran: equity and catastrophic effect

2020 ◽  
Vol 95 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Satar Rezaei ◽  
Abraha Woldemichael ◽  
Mohammad Ebrahimi ◽  
Sina Ahmadi
Keyword(s):  
Household Income ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Publicly Funded ◽  
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged ◽  
Time Series Regression ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Out Of Pocket Payments ◽  
Main Determinants ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Yearly Data

Abstract Background Equity in the distribution of health care resources and mitigating the risk of out-of-pocket (OOP) catastrophic healthcare expenditures (CHE) are the major objectives of the health system of a country. This study aims to measure equity in OOP payments for healthcare and the incidence of CHE among Iranian households over time. Methods This retrospective cross-sectional study utilized data extracted from the household income and expenditure survey (HIES) of Iran, collected by the Statistical Center of Iran. The analysis included a total of 174,341 households’ five yearly data of 6 years starting from 1991 to 2017. Kakwani progressivity index (KPI) was used to measure the equity in OOP payment for each year and examine the households’ incidence of CHE at 20%, 30%, and 40% of their capacities to pay (CTP). The trend series regression analysis was used to examine the trend in the KPI and the incidence of the CHE over time. Results The findings indicated that the households’ expenditure on health out of their monthly budgets for the years 1991 and 2017 were 2.1% and 10.1%, respectively. The KPI for the OOP payment was negative for all 6-year observations (1991 = − 0.680; 1996 = − 0.608; 2001 = − 0.554; 2006 = − 0.265; 2011 = − 0.225, and 2017 = − 0.207), indicating that the OOP payments for healthcare are regressive and more concentrated among the socioeconomically disadvantaged households. There was a statistically significant (p = 0.003) increase in the KPI (i.e., decline in the regressivity) over time. The incidence of the CHE (1.12, 1.93, and 3.71%) in 1991 at the CTP levels of 20%, 30%, and 40% was lower than the incidence at the corresponding levels of CTP (5.26, 10.88, and 22.16) in 2017. The findings of the time-series regression indicated a statistically significant (p < 0.05) increase in the incidence of the CHE at the 20%, 30%, and 40% levels of the households’ CTP. Conclusions The current study demonstrated that OOP payment as a source of healthcare funding in Iran is inequitable. While the use of interventions such as the prepaid and publicly funded programs may contribute to the reduction of CHE and improvement of equity in healthcare financing, further inequality analyses in the incidence of the CHE among households and its main determinants can contribute to evidence-informed planning to reduce the CHE in the context.

scholarly journals Knowledge Mobilization as Design: The Case of the Canadian Homelessness Research Network

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve Gaetz
Keyword(s):  
Design Thinking ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Research Network ◽  
Knowledge Mobilization ◽  
Engaged Scholarship ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Content Creation ◽  
Collaborative Processes ◽  
Content Development ◽  
The Impact

The Canadian Homelessness Research Network (CHRN) was established to create a stronger link between homelessness research, policy, and practice. The knowledge mobilization strategy of the CHRN encompasses engaged scholarship, networking, and innovative dissemination practices. Part of the learning of the CHRN has been the need to reimagine and redefine the traditional relationship between content creation and dissemination. Using a “design thinking” perspective, the CHRN has nurtured a practice that integrates collaborative processes of knowledge and content development with a more assertive involvement in different aspects of publishing (and modes of publication), including graphic design, marketing, communications, and dissemination, with the goal of increasing the impact of research. This article explores this shift, using examples of work the CHRN produced and disseminated through the Homeless Hub.

scholarly journals Research–Policy Dialogues on Migrant Integration in Europe

2019 ◽  
pp. 34-49
Author(s):  
Han Entzinger ◽  
Peter Scholten
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Immigrant Integration ◽  
Research Knowledge ◽  
Migrant Integration ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Research And Policy

This chapter analyses the relationship between research and policy-making on integration. Drawing on a large, cross-country, empirical research project conducted during 2011–2014 (the DIAMINT project), the chapter considers how research and policy-making in the field of migrant integration have developed over time, and how their relationship functions under the present conditions of strong politicization of the issue in Europe. The authors propose a theoretical framework that distinguishes between three aspects of research–policy dialogues in the domain of immigrant integration: dialogue structures—including the formal and informal arrangements created for the exchange and communication of knowledge and research; knowledge utilization—the cultures and practices of knowledge utilization in policy processes; and taking the perspective of researchers, knowledge production. The chapter considers—first theoretically and then empirically—how the increasing politicization of the issue of integration in Europe can affect the various dimensions of research–policy dialogues in different countries.

Member States in the EU Research and Innovation Framework Programmes

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.28) ◽  
pp. 58
Author(s):  
Dina Bērziņa
Keyword(s):  
Group Performance ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Think Tank ◽  
Member States ◽  
Horizon 2020 ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Framework Programmes ◽  
The Eu

Sustainable growth is the key driver of development and it depends on research and innovation which creates investment opportunities for new and better products and services and thereby increases the competitiveness and employment. Research has a long history on our old continent: the European Union is a research think-tank, still the world’s leading producer of scientific knowledge but is lagging in implementation of the results. Therefore, constitution of the Framework Programmes enabled better coordination of research among all the participating countries. The EU Framework Programmes celebrated 30 years of operation recently – they have become a key element of the research policy in Europe today. Since the First Framework Programme launched in 1984, the current Horizon 2020 has expanded in scope and scale by attracting more resources and participating countries performing research on diverse topics. This paper provides an overview of the EU Member States’ engagement with emphasis on the two last Framework Programmes. It outlines the current disproportion with respect to different country group performance and provides links to various data sources for further studies.  

scholarly journals The influence of complexity: a bibliometric analysis of complexity science in healthcare

BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. e027308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate Churruca ◽  
Chiara Pomare ◽  
Louise A Ellis ◽  
Janet C Long ◽  
Jeffrey Braithwaite
Keyword(s):  
Bibliometric Analysis ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Citation Network ◽  
Complexity Science ◽  
Empirical Literature ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Network Analyses ◽  
Trends Over Time ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Over Time

ObjectivesTo analyse trends in the academic literature applying complexity science to healthcare, focusing specifically on bibliometric characteristics and indicators of influence.DesignThis study reports a bibliometric analysis via a systematic search of the academic literature applying complexity science to healthcare.MethodA search of four academic databases was performed on 19 April 2018. Article details were downloaded and screened against inclusion criteria (peer-reviewed journal articles applying complexity science to healthcare). Publication and content data were then collected from included articles, with analysis focusing on trends over time in the types and topics of articles, and where they are published. We also analysed the influence of this body of work through citation and network analyses.ResultsArticles on complexity science in healthcare were published in 268 journals, though a much smaller subset was responsible for a substantial proportion of this literature. USA contributed the largest number of articles, followed by the UK, Canada and Australia. Over time, the number of empirical and review articles increased, relative to non-empirical contributions. However, in general, non-empirical literature was more influential, with a series of introductory conceptual papers being the most influential based on both overall citations and their use as index references within a citation network. The most common topics of focus were health systems and organisations generally, and education, with recent uptake in research, policy, and change and improvement.ConclusionsThis study identified changes in the types of articles on complexity science in healthcare published over time, and their content. There was evidence to suggest a shift from conceptual work to the application of concrete improvement strategies and increasingly in-depth examination of complex healthcare systems. We also identified variation in the influence of this literature at article level, and to a lesser extent by topic of focus.

Relationship changes of military couples during reintegration: A longitudinal analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (7) ◽  
pp. 2145-2165
Author(s):  
Lynne M. Knobloch-Fedders ◽  
Leanne K. Knobloch ◽  
Samantha Scott ◽  
Hannah Fiore
Keyword(s):  
Research Policy ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Sexual Intimacy ◽  
Life Changes ◽  
Military Couples ◽  
Emotional Intimacy ◽  
Advance Theory ◽  
Theory Research ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Over Time

This study drew on the emotional cycle of deployment model to track the content, valence, and sequence of relationship changes experienced by returning service members and at-home partners during the transition from deployment to reintegration. In a longitudinal study, 555 military couples (1,100 individuals) wrote 7,387 comments describing changes that had occurred in their relationship during the past month. A content analysis identified 10 substantive categories: emotional intimacy, sexual intimacy, spending time together, appraisals of the relationship, life changes, readjustment to daily life, conflict, family changes, commitment, and reports of no change. The frequency of changes reported in emotional intimacy, sexual intimacy, readjustment to daily life, and conflict declined across the transition. In contrast, reports of life changes, and comments stating that no change had occurred, increased over time. Independent coders judged each change as positive (42.1%), negative (32.4%), or neutral (25.5%) in valence. Participants described fewer positive changes as the transition progressed, although this tendency slowed over time. In contrast, the frequency of negative changes remained stable across the transition, and the frequency of neutral changes increased. The findings are used to advance theory, research, policy, and intervention designed to help military couples negotiate relationship changes across the post-deployment transition.

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