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The Next Generation of National R&D Programmes in Norway: Consequences for Action Research and Regional Development
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Abstract "This paper examines the impact of a new national R&D programme in
Norway, Programme for Regional Innovation and R&D (VRI), which uses
action research (AR) to facilitate innovation-oriented collaboration between
regional industry, R&D and public institutions. While the VRI programme
builds on a ... view more
"This paper examines the impact of a new national R&D programme in
Norway, Programme for Regional Innovation and R&D (VRI), which uses
action research (AR) to facilitate innovation-oriented collaboration between
regional industry, R&D and public institutions. While the VRI programme
builds on a sequence of previous AR-oriented regional development
programmes, it represents a significant novelty as it democratizes
control over research funds from central authorities to regional coalitions
of private and public decision makers. Drawing on our own experiences
from a long-standing AR project in the Telemark region, we discuss how
the commencement of the VRI programme is affecting ongoing development
initiatives there and the conditions for conducting AR in regional
contexts. We conclude that VRI has led to a situation in which more regional
actors are involved in action research activities, and in which there
is closer collaboration between researchers and regional decision makers.
At the same time, we suggest, there is a risk that the new programme will
lead to regional lock-in, and marginalization of national R&D institutions
and action research competencies accumulated there during previous R&D
programmes." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
action research; regional development; research and development; Norway; regional economy; innovation
Classification
Sociology of Science, Sociology of Technology, Research on Science and Technology
Area Development Planning, Regional Research
Document language
English
Publication Year
2009
Page/Pages
p. 255-288
Journal
International Journal of Action Research, 5 (2009) 3
ISSN
1861-1303
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications