ERC Starting Grant · 2017
Serendipity in Research and Innovation
The Serendipity in Research and Innovation, SIRI, project aims to investigate the role, management and impact of serendipity on research performance. It will focus on the under-researched topic of "serendipity", the notion in science policy that research leads to unexpected valuable outcomes, and since the outcomes of research are impossible to predict, research itself is very difficult (perhaps even impossible) to manage or direct towards specific social ends. Research may be uncertain, but it is not random, and we know that industrial R&D managers fund research in areas where they expect returns and organise research to maximise its impact. With public policy, the scenario is slightly…
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