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Research and policy: the constraint is timing, not evidence
Policy decisions are made on the evidence available at the moment of decision, not the best evidence eventually produced.
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Interdisciplinary work in smaller systems: an advantage that is rarely used
Smaller research communities have less disciplinary separation than large ones — which is a genuine structural advantage.
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Research and development needs: relevance is a design choice, not an outcome
Research does not become useful to a country by accident. It becomes useful when it was designed to be, from the question onward.
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Reading a research system: growth figures describe less than they seem to
Output figures for a growing research system are among the most cited and least interpretable numbers in the field.