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Gemotiveerde wetenschap versterkt eigen effectiviteit

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door · 3 april 2022

Gemotiveerde wetenschap houdt de kosten van innovatie laag. Precies een probleem waar de ‘groene revolutie’ van dit moment mee worstelt.

Scientists create innovation. Is this because they are paid to do it, or because they care about the outcome? Tim Besley tells Tim Phillips how motivated science drives down the cost of innovation and may accelerate the green transition.

Read more about the research behind this and download the free DP:
Besley, T and Persson, T. 2021. ‘Science as Civil Society: Implications for a Green Transition‘. CEPR

Duur: 16:06 min.

Publicatie 1 april

Tim Besley

School Professor of Economics and Political Science at the London School of Economics and W Arthur Lewis Professor of Development Economics; and Research Fellow, CEPR

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  1. Cool Pete schreef:
    4 april 2022 om 10:50

    “Motivated science” = political activism.

    Only truly independent science can bring useful innovation to choose from.
    What’s more important : the outcome of technological innovations,
    must be subjected to Parliamentary democratic decision making.