TY - JOUR
T1 - Functioning strategies of the research groups' leaders in the context of funding and policy instabilities
AU - Jaime, Astrid
AU - Pérez-Martelo, Constanza
AU - Herrera, Bernardo
AU - Ordóñez-Matamoros, Gonzalo
AU - Vinck, Dominique
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by Universidad Central (Bogotá, Colombia), in the framework of the project “Clúster de Investigación en Ciencias y Tecnologías Convergentes ‐ Construcción de Proximidades entre actores que se articulan en un clúster de ciencias y tecnologías (di)convergentes” (Cluster of Research in Convergent Science and Technologies ‐ Construction of proximities between actors that are articulated in an initiative of Cluster in [Di]Convergent Science and Technologies) [Grant 20306009003].
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Policy Studies Organization.
PY - 2023/3
Y1 - 2023/3
N2 - We explore the strategies implemented by Research Groups' Leaders while coping with unstable contexts, characterized by incoherence and lack of coordination among different policy discourses and instruments, and scarce resources. We focus on a country where these conditions are present: Colombia. In doing so, we study two cases, one in nanotechnology and another one in biomedical engineering. Interviews, focus groups and workshops allowed us to identify and validate strategies grouped in four popular sayings, proper to local idiosyncrasy, highlighting the role of home institutions and principal investigators in facing such situations with resilience and resourcefulness, and even taking advantage of them. We find that Research Groups' Leaders use strategies such as: adapting, balancing agendas and funding sources, networking, and taking advantage of the support programs available at their home institution to continue functioning. These are setting the ground for a further survey which could pretend some generalization. However, policymakers could consider these findings when defining policy instruments or for assessing their effectiveness or impacts.
AB - We explore the strategies implemented by Research Groups' Leaders while coping with unstable contexts, characterized by incoherence and lack of coordination among different policy discourses and instruments, and scarce resources. We focus on a country where these conditions are present: Colombia. In doing so, we study two cases, one in nanotechnology and another one in biomedical engineering. Interviews, focus groups and workshops allowed us to identify and validate strategies grouped in four popular sayings, proper to local idiosyncrasy, highlighting the role of home institutions and principal investigators in facing such situations with resilience and resourcefulness, and even taking advantage of them. We find that Research Groups' Leaders use strategies such as: adapting, balancing agendas and funding sources, networking, and taking advantage of the support programs available at their home institution to continue functioning. These are setting the ground for a further survey which could pretend some generalization. However, policymakers could consider these findings when defining policy instruments or for assessing their effectiveness or impacts.
KW - n/a OA procedure
KW - Higher education institutions
KW - Principal investigators
KW - Research groups' strategies
KW - Science, technology, and innovation policy
KW - Bottom-up perspective
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U2 - 10.1111/ropr.12512
DO - 10.1111/ropr.12512
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85139221180
SN - 1541-132X
VL - 40
SP - 282
EP - 306
JO - Review of policy research
JF - Review of policy research
IS - 2
ER -