TY - JOUR
T1 - Science Policy, R&D and Knowledge in Portugal
T2 - an Application of Social Network Analysis
AU - Gama, Rui
AU - Barros, Cristina
AU - Fernandes, Ricardo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
PY - 2018/6/1
Y1 - 2018/6/1
N2 - The present research aims to study the projects financed by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) in order to understand the evolution of the R&D and knowledge networks of the principal universities in Portugal, to identify the multiple territorial scales on which they operate and their trans-disciplinary dimensions and to assess their impact in the various regions. Using an approach that analyses social networks, and complemented by a spatial dynamics analysis, the study will identify and characterise the networks of scientific and technological collaboration of the territories where the main public universities in Portugal are located. The interpretation of measurements resulting from the analysis of social networks will allow the study to characterise the configuration of networks of institutional cooperation and indicate the types of collaborative relationships in terms of production, dissemination and application of scientific knowledge.
AB - The present research aims to study the projects financed by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) in order to understand the evolution of the R&D and knowledge networks of the principal universities in Portugal, to identify the multiple territorial scales on which they operate and their trans-disciplinary dimensions and to assess their impact in the various regions. Using an approach that analyses social networks, and complemented by a spatial dynamics analysis, the study will identify and characterise the networks of scientific and technological collaboration of the territories where the main public universities in Portugal are located. The interpretation of measurements resulting from the analysis of social networks will allow the study to characterise the configuration of networks of institutional cooperation and indicate the types of collaborative relationships in terms of production, dissemination and application of scientific knowledge.
KW - FCT projects
KW - Knowledge and R&D networks
KW - Portugal
KW - Regional development
KW - Universities
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85040817838&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s13132-017-0447-3
DO - 10.1007/s13132-017-0447-3
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85040817838
SN - 1868-7865
VL - 9
SP - 329
EP - 358
JO - Journal of the Knowledge Economy
JF - Journal of the Knowledge Economy
IS - 2
ER -