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Wind energy is becoming one of the leading sources of power in Europe. The installed capacity increases each year, with the offshore wind gradually evolving with even more significant potential than onshore [1]. This growing tendency has also been promoting a more extensive research effort in this area, pushed by the climatic crisis that has also driven political support from multiple nations across Europe. Wind energy has employed over 250 thousand EU citizens and contributed to around 10% of European electrical consumption. Although high milestones have been achieved, there is still much room to grow in the wind energy sector, particularly cost reduction.The WindScanner.pt project aims to create a European distributed research infrastructure based on high precision sensors able to analyze fluid dynamics in tridimensional volumes, offering the ability to understand atmospheric conditions and turbulence better. This asset will not only allow better assessment of the wind conditions. Still, it will also enable the evaluation of projects in other areas where fluid dynamics are relevant, such as civil engineering and the building industry, by scanning the surroundings of large structures such as bridges and viaducts and measuring structure oscillations [3]. ; info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Enhance expertise in European research infrastructures
Marialuisa Lavitrano, Full Professor at University Milano Bicocca, explores the need for a European School for the Management of Research Infrastructure to enhance expertise in European research infrastructure management. European Research Infrastructures (RI) are complex organisations that offer the research communities access to cutting-edge resources, data, and services to conduct research and foster innovation in their fields. RIs include major scientific equipment (or sets of instruments), knowledge-based resources such as collections, archives, and scientific data, e-infrastructures, such as data and computing systems and communication networks, and other tools and services essential to achieving excellence in research and innovation. RI span the whole spectrum of knowledge from social sciences to astrophysics, including environmental sciences and large-scale infrastructures.

The second volume of the ESFRI Scripta series is dedicated to\nthe outcomes of the ad hoc Working (WG) Group on Long-Term\nSustainability (LTS) of Research Infrastructures.\nThe LTS WG was created by ESFRI in 2016 to comprehensively respond\nto the Conclusions of the Competitiveness Council of the European\nUnion of 27th May 2016 that "underlines the importance of ensuring\nLong-Term Sustainability of Research Infrastructures and invites the\nCommission to prepare together with ESFRI and relevant stakeholders a\ntargeted action plan".\nESFRI has previously developed its concept of lifecycle of the Research\nInfrastructures in the framework of the Roadmap evaluation exercise,\nand at all stages of the lifecycle different aspects of sustainability were\nidentified. The LTS WG has analysed the Long-Term Sustainability\nof Research Infrastructures from a broad perspective taking the\nESFRI viewpoint well beyond the mere economical analysis. Scientific\nexcellence is the condition sine qua non for sustainability throughout\nthe entire RI lifecycle, and its persistence is crucial in the long-term\noperational phase. Excellence in science and outstanding quality services\nto the users are imperative for the successful performance of each\nResearch Infrastructure, and they are addressed in the monitoring and\nreviewing processes by ESFRI.

Beginning in 1988, the social work profession undertook a twenty-five year endeavor to enhance its research capacity and to assure greater representation of social work research needs, priorities and findings at the federal level, where major policy initiatives take place. Described here are some of the key processes, highlighting the efforts to achieve professional solidarity, and the interventions, by social workers, federal "insiders" and outside advocacy agents that carried the work forward. Details and accomplishments of this long-term, carefully sustained, and still incomplete professional self-strengthening change strategy provide insights for future collective professional endeavors.

Twenty-five years ago the social work profession began a sustained effort to strengthen its research infrastructure in support of demonstrating practice effectiveness, advancing knowledge for critical social problems, and informing national policy. The steps and processes undertaken and the outcomes achieved by this effort have been described elsewhere (Austin, 1998; Corvo, Zlotnik, & Chen, 2008; TFSWR, 1991; Zlotnik, Biegel, & Solt, 2002; Zlotnik & Solt, 2006, 2008). What we want to capture through this, our eye-witness account, are some of the nuanced and specific actions, obstacles, and decisions involved in this effort. Recreating this case study of a profession's self-strengthening change strategy – targeted both to the external environment and its own internal one – can provide insights for future profession-wide, collective efforts.

The second volume of the ESFRI Scripta series is dedicated to the outcomes of the ad hoc Working (WG) Group on Long-Term Sustainability (LTS) of Research Infrastructures.The LTS WG was created by ESFRI in 2016 to comprehensively respond to the Conclusions of the Competitiveness Council of the European Union of 27th May 2016 that ´´underlines the importance of ensuring Long-Term Sustainability of Research Infrastructures and invites the Commission to prepare together with ESFRI and relevant stakeholders a targeted action plan´´.ESFRI has previously developed its concept of lifecycle of the Research Infrastructures in the framework of the Roadmap evaluation exercise, and at all stages of the lifecycle different aspects of sustainability were identified. The LTS WG has analysed the Long-Term Sustainability of Research Infrastructures from a broad perspective taking the ESFRI viewpoint well beyond the mere economical analysis. Scientific excellence is the condition sine qua non for sustainability throughout the entire RI lifecycle, and its persistence is crucial in the long-term operational phase. Excellence in science and outstanding quality services to the users are imperative for the successful performance of each Research Infrastructure, and they are addressed in the monitoring and reviewing processes by ESFRI.The report proposes 7 main recommendations covering the key aspects of Long-Term Sustainability of Research Infrastructures. These recommendations are expanded into 35 specific points ranging over securing highly qualified and motivated human resources, realizing a robust transfer of information to society from the Research Infrastructure via a quality-controlled e-Infrastructure, building an effective interface between RIs and innovation activities, understanding the actual value of the diverse benefits to society, addressing the optimal governance and management structure and promoting coordination among RIs.This volume of ESFRI Scripta contains the full LTS WG report as approved by the ESFRI Forum in June 2017 and then shared with the European Commission to jointly address, with a multifaceted but overall consistent analysis, the mandate of the Competitiveness Council on Long-Term Sustainability of RIs.It represents an advanced expert analysis of substantial value on the sustainability issues connected with the large investments associated with Research Infrastructures, but does not represent in any way commitments of the ESFRI Member States and Associated Countries at political or economical level.

In this article we argue that the current endeavors to achieve open access in scientific literature require a discussion about innovation in scholarly publishing and research infrastructure. Drawing on path dependence theory and addressing different open access (OA) models and recent political endeavors, we argue that academia is once again running the risk of outsourcing the organization of its content.

The article explores the process by which academic research settings become influenced by external funders upon whom they depend for vital resources. The emerging resource relations between university research and external funders give rise to an academic infrastructure that deviates from the traditional model of autonomy and freedom of science, and increasingly comes to resemble the context of nonacademic research settings. Based on data collected in Israel, it was found that externally funded academic research shows a low degree of autonomy, a high degree of structural formalization, and low influence of the scientific literature on problem-choice processes. External control affects the nature of the research product as well. Whereas the rate of published papers (articles) declines, the rate of unpublished papers (technical reports) increases with external funds. These observations suggest that the distinction between academic and nonacademic research settings is inappropriate for explaining the variance among different research infrastructures. Rather, the nature of the dependency situation accounts for their specific characteristics. The results have implications for the study of stratification in science and the growth of scientific and technological knowledge.

The article describes the results of the inventory of the unique research equipment conducted by IMEMO RAS in 2009-2010 as an order from the Ministry of Education and Science of the RF. The methodology used for the survey was partially based on the EC experience which is also presented in the article. The results of the analysis suggest that the unique equipment is more actively used in RAS institutes rather than in universities. However the speed at which equipment is renewed is higher at universities, due to the special government policy. The most severe problems related to support of unique infrastructure are associated with the lack of financing and resources for technical maintenance. In conclusions possible directions for improvement of the government policy towards research infrastructure are outlined.

"This thought-provoking book expands on the notion that Big Science is not the only term to describe and investigate particularly large research projects, scientific collaborations and facilities. It investigates the significant overlap between Big Science and Research Infrastructures (RIs) in a European context since the early twenty-first century. Contributions to this innovative book not only augment the study of Big Science with new perspectives, but also launch the study of RIs as a promising new line of inquiry. Chapters testify to a generational shift that is taking place in this field, amending and complementing prior analyses of Big Science. Advancing our knowledge, this interdisciplinary book explores how Big Science and RIs can be categorized, how the politics around them can be understood, and how they relate to the surrounding science and research policy landscape of Europe. Big Science and Research Infrastructures in Europe will be of value to students and scholars interested in science and innovation policy across sociology, economics, management and political science. Policymakers, science administrators and operators of RIs will also benefit from the critical insights provided"--

The 2011 Roadmap articulates the priority research infrastructure areas of a national scale (capability areas) to further develop Australia's research capacity and improve innovation and research outcomes over the next five to ten years. The capability areas have been identified through considered analysis of input provided by stakeholders, in conjunction with specialist advice from Expert Working Groups It is intended the Strategic Framework will provide a high-level policy framework, which will include principles to guide the development of policy advice and the design of programs related to the funding of research infrastructure by the Australian Government. Roadmapping has been identified in the Strategic Framework Discussion Paper as the most appropriate prioritisation mechanism for national, collaborative research infrastructure. The strategic identification of Capability areas through a consultative roadmapping process was also validated in the report of the 2010 NCRIS Evaluation. The 2011 Roadmap is primarily concerned with medium to large-scale research infrastructure. However, any landmark infrastructure (typically involving an investment in excess of $100 million over five years from the Australian Government) requirements identified in this process will be noted. NRIC has also developed a 'Process to identify and prioritise Australian Government landmark research infrastructure investments' which is currently under consideration by the government as part of broader deliberations relating to research infrastructure. NRIC will have strategic oversight of the development of the 2011 Roadmap as part of its overall policy view of research infrastructure.

The European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) has been created to advise the Competitiveness Council of the European Union on the needs and opportunities to build a strong Research Infrastructure (RI) system, covering all domains of research, providing the most advanced tools that cannot be realized at national level, and that must be accessible to all strongly motivated researchers in order to increase the European science competitiveness.

31 slides.-- Presentation delivered within the third webinar in the Autumn 2021 series, full programme and session recording available at https://eurocris.org/autumn-2021-series-eurocris-webinars. ; The presentation, jointly delivered by members of the Flemish Government Department of Economy, Science and Innovation and the ECOOM at Hasselt University, describes the ongoing process for the inclusion of data on research infrastructures into the regional Flanders Research Information Space (FRIS) regional CRIS. The scope of the initiative and the metadata model used to capture this additional piece of research information are outlined and some examples are shown. Future plans around this development involve offering a visualisation of what projects make use of the infrastructure and what publications are the result of data created via a certain piece of research equipment or facility.