Courses offered by DST-CPR at IISc during January Term, 2023
PS 222 (1:0) January Term
PS 222 – Course Instructors
- Dr. B. Chagun Basha, Visiting Scholar, DST-Centre for Policy Research, IISc Bangalore
- Dr. Moumita Koley, DST-STI Postdoctoral Policy Fellow, DST-Centre for Policy Research, IISc Bangalore
- Prof. T.A. Abinandanan, Coordinator, DST-Centre for Policy Research, IISc Bangalore
- Invited Speakers.
STI Policy: Introduction and Contemporary Issues
About the course: This modular (1-credit) course, to be taught during the first half of the January Term, is designed as an introductory module in S&T policy with specific focus on Indian perspectives.
This course will provide:
– basic concepts and on-going debates in STI policy in India
– overview of governing institutions, stakeholders, and policy processes
– an opportunity to build deeper insights into some of the contemporary policy issues.
Topics: Fundamentals of Public Policy; Concepts in Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI); Science as a social activity; Systems of innovation; Public policy and STI; Public / Government support and funding of science; Policy process: Evidence synthesis; Stakeholder consultations; Policymaking,
cross-linkages, implementation, assessment, evaluation.
Impact & Evolution of STI Policies in India; SPR-1958, TPS-1983, STP-2003, STIP-2013, Draft STIP-2022
Case Studies on: Challenges in policy-program translation and stakeholder ownership; Comparative case study on policy processes of SPR 1958, TPS 1983, STP 2003, STIP 2013 and 5th national STIP; AI Ethics / Cross-broader Data governance.
Debates on: Rethinking national research funding; Future of STEM workforce
Text / References:
1. Nichols, Rodney (2011): Review of “The Science of Science Policy: A Handbook”, edited by Kaye Husbands Fealing, Julia I. Lane, John H. MarburgerIII, and Stephanie S. Shipp. Review of Policy Research, p 28.
2. B. Chagun Basha (2019): “Understanding Science Policy Ecosystem in India”, The Wire, Nov 10,
2019.
3. Mukhopadhyay, Dipankar (2014): Post-Independence Science Policy and Science Funding in India, Current Science, vol. 107, no.12, pp. 1983 -1987.
4. National Research Council (2014): Capturing Change in Science, Technology, and Innovation: Improving Indicators to Inform Policy. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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PS 223 (1:0) January Term
PS 223 – Course Instructors
- Dr. Moumita Koley, DST-STI Postdoctoral Policy Fellow, DST-Centre for Policy Research, IISc Bangalore
- Prof. Arul George Scaria, Associate Professor, National Law School of India University, Bengaluru
- Mr. Madhan Muthu, Director, Global Library, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat
- Prof. T.A. Abinandanan, Coordinator, DST-Centre for Policy Research, IISc Bangalore
- Invited Speakers.
Open Science: Policy and Practice
About the course: This modular (1-credit) course, is an introduction to policies to promote Open Science practices.
Topics: Historical accounts of open science and scholarly communications; Diversity of scholarly communication approaches in different disciplines; The current models of scholarly communications and copyright law; Copyright as user’s right, exceptions, and limitations relating to educational and research uses; The case against the current model of scholarly publication & future of scholarly communication; Importance of open science in STI ecosystem; Open science: policy & practices
Text / References:
1. Peter Suber (2013): Open Access
2. P. Balaram (2013): Open Access: Tearing Down Barriers
3. S. Bartling and S. Friesike (eds.) (2014): Opening Science: The Evolving Guide on How the Internet is Changing Research, Collaboration and Scholarly Publishing
4. Stuart Ritchie (2020): Science Fictions: How Fraud, Bias, Negligence, and Hype Undermine the Search for Truth. [Book’s home page: https://www.sciencefictions.org/ ]