Global Collaboration Research Strategies for Sustainability in the Post COVID-19 Era: Analyzing Virology-Related National-Funded Projects
| Autor: | Doyeon Lee, Keunhwan Kim, Jongseok Kang |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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comparative analysis
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Research areas Status quo media_common.quotation_subject 030231 tropical medicine Geography Planning and Development TJ807-830 Management Monitoring Policy and Law TD194-195 Competitive advantage Renewable energy sources Scientific evidence 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Political science Pandemic GE1-350 030212 general & internal medicine media_common Environmental effects of industries and plants Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment business.industry Public relations collaboration virology Environmental sciences Research strategies Sustainability interdisciplinary business national scientific funding cluster analysis |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability Volume 12 Issue 16 Sustainability, Vol 12, Iss 6561, p 6561 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/su12166561 |
| Popis: | In the post-COVID-19 era, virology-related research, which not only depends on the governments as its main source of funding but also requires international and interdisciplinary collaborations, is recognized as an essential defense for sustainability. Few published studies have examined the trend, but only for certain viruses before the mid-2010s. Moreover, it is challenging to define generally accepted virology-related research fields due to its broad spectrum. Thus, it is time that we confront the unprecedented pandemic to understand the status of nationally supported projects in developed nations to establish international collaborative research strategies from an interdisciplinary perspective. In this study, 32,365 national-funded projects were collected from the US, EU, and Japan and assigned to five scientific fields to conduct a cluster analysis. Then, an expert-based approach was utilized to define an individual cluster. Moreover, a comparative analysis between nations was carried out to determine if there was a competitive edge for collaboration. As a result, a framework for virology-related research areas was constructed to provide the status quo and differences between nations&rsquo research capabilities, thereby eliciting practical global research and development (R& D) cooperation to achieve a common agenda and a direction for goals in the post-COVID-19 era. These findings have implications for viral response R& D, policy, and practice for future pandemics. A systematic approach based on scientific evidence and an R& D collaboration strategy between industry and academia is essential to resolve the interdisciplinary barriers between countries and promote sustainable virus R& D collaboration. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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