In 2022, the Samuel Neaman Institute won a public tender from MOLMOP (The National Council for Civil Research and Development) to conduct surveys and research for formulating national R&D policy. The topic of characterizing human resource needs for new knowledge domains is part of this tender. The work in the current year included two parts: Part A – characterizing human resource needs for new knowledge domains, where we chose to focus this year on the field of “The Sea as a National Resource,” and Part B – a literature review on metrics for evaluating the contribution of university researchers to society.
This report summarizes Part A of the work. The research aims to examine the following aspects in the field of ‘The Sea as a National Resource’: what professional disciplines are required, what educational continuum is currently provided within academic institutions, what human resource needs will be required in the field, what gaps exist, and what recommendations are needed to fill these gaps. The work will help expand understanding and knowledge regarding future scientific and technological human resource requirements for the field, providing background and a situation assessment that will contribute to policy-making processes and strategy development for investments in human resource training.
The work utilized open sources, databases available at the Samuel Neaman Institute, previous works conducted at the Institute, interviews with field experts, and information collected through a survey sent to company managers in the field to examine human resource needs.
