Informing
Policy
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Israel Universities – Unique Aspects in a Changing World

This study is a comprehensive and up-to-date summary of previous studies carried out in the Neaman Institute. It combines Israeli unique aspects and global changes. The universities experience transition processes, and unprecedented integration of forces that threaten their future. The objects of this study are to present a wide view on current developments and issues, […]

Evaluating the Infrastructure Program of the Science and Technology Ministry

The scientific infrastructure program of the Ministry of Science and Technology has been operating since 1995 in order to bridge the gap between basic academic research and applied development and aim to reduce the maturation time of applied technological ideas. The program provides research grants at a stage where it is difficult for researchers to […]

Technological forecasting for scientific and technological human resources

The past two decades have been characterized by accelerated growth of new technologies in the fields of robotics, communications and information systems, nanotechnology, biotechnology, energy and more. Technologies that affect all areas of the economy (health, education, industry, agriculture, trade, etc.) and dictate new work patterns, new professions while others disappear and appropriate training and […]

what lies ahead in 2018?

In this paper, Prof. Shlomo Mei-Tal reviews the important statistics and trends in the Israeli economy in 2017, and the forecasts for the changes that are expected to affect the economy in 2018

R&D Outputs in Israel: International Comparison of Scientific Publications, 2017

his study was conducted in 2017, based on data from Elsevier’s SciVal and Scopus databases. The findings of the study indicate that in an international comparison, Israel’s ranking continues to decline in various quantitative indices such as: the number of publications, the number of publications per capita, its share in the publications of the world […]