グンナー・エクイスト先生の講演:How to make scientific research more transformative
2017年 03月 05日
Dual nature of research:
●Incremental research: research formulated within the conceptual frame of long-standing hypotheses and theories.
●Transformative research: challenges long-standing hypotheses and theories.
Drivers for excellence in research:
●A Nobel Laureate has on average had 7.4 other Nobel Laureates as colleagues during a career
●On average a Nobel Laureate has worked in 4.6 environments (universities or institutes) before receiving the Nobel Prize
The environment seems to be contagious
The EU Aarhus Declaration 2012:
(www.excellence2012.dk)
●Recognising and nurturing talents
●Trust and freedom
●Long-term perspectives
●Creative and dynamic research environments
●Beyond and across disciplines
The Academy report highlights:
●better support of individuals with new ideas
●better career opportunities for young scientists
●more focus on international recruitment
●the role of the academic leadership
●money was not the issue
Organizational concepts facilitating the making of major discoveries:
●Scientific diversity
●Communication and integration
●Leadership capacity
●Adaptiveness
●Organizational flexibility
Organizational concepts hampering the making of major discoveries:
●Differentiation
●Hierarchical authority
●Bureaucratic coordination
●Hyper diversity
Take home message:
People with novel ideas, exchange of knowledge and ideas in an environment with complementary skills, are key elements for shaping creative environments that are brave enough to address important, ground breaking questions also having a fair chance to make transformative discoveries, innovations and improvements that may merit for a Nobel Prize. People with novel ideas are the strongest drivers for excellence in research.