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Government policies for science, usually incorporatingeconomic and social aims, are increasingly influencing the contentand management of university research. This essay discusses theinfluence of selected science policies on individual researchersand group leaders. Within the limitations of a case study, itargues that policies that steer the content of research have agreater influence on research behaviour, than do policies relatedto overall research management. Increasing pressures for compliancewith mission-objectives point to the need for closer discussionbetween those who make policy decisions, and the wider researchcommunity.
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Morris, N. Science Policy in Action: Policy and the Researcher. Minerva 38, 425–451 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004873100189
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004873100189