Towards understanding integration in research and research policy

Terttu Luukkonen; Maria Nedeva

doi:10.1016/j.respol.2010.02.008

Towards understanding integration in research and research policy

Terttu Luukkonen, Maria Nedeva

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Increasing the level of integration is currently an important policy objective for European research. This brings to light issues regarding the meaning and nature of integration and integration in research; issues associated with the mechanisms to enable and facilitate higher levels of integration in research as part of a policy process; and issues related to the assessment and evaluation of success or failure of policy instruments. The paper addresses these issues by introducing a nuanced conceptualisation developed with particular reference to the policy task for promoting integration and proposing a framework that captures essential features in integrative processes in research-both at the level of researchers and organisations. Furthermore, an empirical example of a Network of Excellence is used to illustrate how the proposed framework can be applied. © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	674-686
Number of pages	12
Journal	Research Policy
Volume	39
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2010.02.008
Publication status	Published - Jun 2010

Keywords

European research policy
Integration
Networks
Policy assessment

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