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Higher forms of nonsense

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 July 2009

Arie Rip
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Abstract

Research councils are under pressure and some are responding pro-actively. This has implications for their functioning as ‘aggregation machines’ taking in proposals and churning out judgements and decisions. Five scenarios of possible futures for research councils in the world of strategic science are laid out, with examples

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Research Article
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European Review , Volume 8 , Issue 4 , October 2000 , pp. 467 - 485
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Copyright © Academia Europaea 2000

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