IRIS’ Jason Owen-Smith comments on colleges using data to prove their value
Billions of dollars given to research universities from federal grants show how economic impact can be measured and reported.
Billions of dollars given to research universities from federal grants show how economic impact can be measured and reported.
This first report out of work being done by IRIS illuminates the little understood way that federal and non-federal investments in research affect the economy through the movement of highly trained people.
IRIS researcher, Julia Lane, discusses “the challenges and the enormous potential power of ‘administrative data’ — information collected during routine provision of services” in this September 2015 Nature article.
Recently, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) completed an interview with Kauffman Foundation Research Director E.J. Reedy and Jason Owen-Smith, of IRIS, to discuss the Institute for Research on Innovation and Science and modernizing data collection and release.
Matt Hourihan recently spoke with Dr. Jason Owen-Smith and E.J. Reedy to discuss the value of public research and IRIS’ data platform: A Q&A with the Institute for Research on Innovation & Science; A new endeavor, driven by Midwestern research universities, is seeking to better understand the workings, output, and value of the science enterprise.