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Research priorities may not align with the SDGs. Policy suggestions to steer them
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posted on 2023-06-10, 01:25 authored by Tommaso CiarliTommaso Ciarli, Hugo Confraria, Ismael Rafols, Joanna Chataway, Andrew StirlingAndrew StirlingMost scientific research is concentrated in a few high-income countries and tends to focus on challenges that are not relevant to SDG challenges in low-income countries. Such unequal distribution of research efforts may be of little support to the SDGs. We show that countries' research priorities do not always align with their SDG challenges, which may hinder their capabilities to address them. Funders, donors and international organisations should seek to steer research priorities, including by consulting with a wider range of stakeholders and improving the assessment of research’s (unequal) impact on societies.
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Mapping Development Pathways between Science, Research, Innovation and SDGs; G2696; UK RESEARCH AND INNOVATION; AH/S011501/1
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United Nations Interagency Task Team on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development GoalsPublisher URL
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90-98Pages
239.0Book title
Emerging science, frontier technologies, and the SDGs - Perspectives from the UN system and science and technology communitiesPlace of publication
New YorkDepartment affiliated with
- SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit Publications
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2021-10-18First Open Access (FOA) Date
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