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Session 1: Recent developments at the participating Academies : institutional reforms, new programmes, and national initiatives in the field of science policy. Insight into the recent developments o f the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA) and its research network PÁLINKÁS József

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  1. Session 1: Recent developments at the participatingAcademies:institutional reforms, new programmes, and national initiatives in the field of science policy

  2. Insightintotherecentdevelopments of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA) and its research network PÁLINKÁS József 26 October, 2012 V4 Academies Forum, Mátraháza

  3. The structure of theHungarianAcademyofSciences is notunknowninCentral Europe: MTA Research Network MTA Public Body („learnedsociety”) MTA SecretariatgovernedbytheAssembly and thePresident

  4. MTA as a „public body”or„learnedsociety”

  5. Affiliation of themembersofthepublic body of theHungarianAcademyofSciences MTA researchnetwork Universities HighSchools Health Public collections Polity Otherresearchinsitutes Company Senior Citizen Other Totalnumber of MTA Public Body Members is appr. 15 thousands

  6. Membership distribution of the MTA public body Membersfromabroad PhD DSc „Member of theAcademy” Math&nat. sci. Life sci. Humanities and soc. sci. • I.Section of Linguistics and • Literary Scholarship • II.Section of Philosophy and • Historical Sciences • III. Section of Mathematics • IV. Section of Agricultural Sciences • V. Section of Medical Sciences • VI. Section of Engineering Sciences • Section of Chemical Sciences • Section of Biological Sciences • IX. Section of Economics and Law – • including sociology, demography • and political sciences • X. Section of Earth Sciences • XI. Section of Physical Sciences Ladies Gentlemen Female Male

  7. Recentpublicationsbythe MTA public body Energystrategy, 2012 Water management, 2011 Foodsecurity, 2011

  8. The HungarianAcademy of Sciencesas a contributor to European and International Science Policy making Europe: • European Academies Science Advisory Council (EASAC) – policy advisory • Science Europe – interest representation • A specialattentiontoCentral Europe (V4 etc.) Global: • Organiser of World Science Forumsin co-operation with UNESCO, ICSU, AAAS, TWAS • Active member of the global scientific community

  9. ABOUT THE MTA RESEARCH NETWORK 2009-: The Lendület „Momentum” programme (Frombraindraintobraingain) 2011/12: The year of of a completerenewal: 15 institutionswerecreatedfrom40 ones

  10. StatesupporttotheHungarianAcademy of Sciences (2000-2010) in percents of therealvalueintheyear 2000 aperiod of regression and stagnation

  11. StatesupporttotheHungarianAcademy of Sciences inbillion HUF (nominalvalue) aperiod of regression and stagnation

  12. Poland Austria CzechRepublic Romania Hungary Ukraine Slovenia Serbia Croatia Slovakia Bulgaria Publicationactivity of Hungary and someothercountries of Central Europe between 2001-2010, in per cent of theworld’s totalyearlyoutputsascoveredby Web of Science (Kampis et al.: Magyar Tudomány, August 2011)

  13. The winners of the Lendület programmein 2011

  14. The main aspects of therenewal • of the MTA researchnetwork: • Tocreate a sustainableresearchnetwork • Creation of conditionswith a limited amount of resourceswhichallowinthelongrun: • tomaximalizetheefficiency and the output • toreturntheinvestedamountbothinfinancial and socialterms • Organizationalframefor a newevolution • Weworkforthefuture • The renewal of theAcademy is iconicin Hungary

  15. Research centres and researchinstitutes of theHungarianAcademyofSciencesfrom 2012Red: researchstaff; green: main office New researchcentres HUMANITIES AND ARTS Budapest 312 ENERGY SCIENCE Budapest 92 ECOLOGY Tihany 91 AGRICULTURE Martonvásár 202 NATURAL SCIENCES Budapest 411 SOCIAL SCIENCES Budapest 156 ASTRONOMY AND EARTH SCIENCE Sopron 123 ECONOMY AND REG. SCI. Budapest 144 „WIGNER” PHYSICS Budapest 250 Unchangedresearchinstitutions LINGUISTICS Budapest 94 MEDICAL SCIENCE Budapest 81 MATHEMATICS Budapest 81 INFORMATICS Budapest 140 BIOLOGY Szeged 225 NUCLEAR RESEARCH Debrecen 105

  16. The MTA Research Network 2012

  17. Main offices of the MTA researchinstitutenetwork: Budapest: 9, outside Budapest: 6

  18. The new building of the Research Centre forNaturalSciences is expectedto be readybythe of 2013

  19. Somefurthernewinitiatives: • Renewal of thescientificinfrastructure • Digital database of Hungarianscientificworks and theircitations • („MTMT”) • Invitation of excellentforeignerscientists • toworktogetherwithHungarianresearchteams • Renewal of bilateralprogrammes

  20. StatesupporttotheHungarianAcademy of Sciences inbillion HUF (nominalvalue) A NEW TURNING POINT?

  21. StatesupporttotheHungarianAcademy of Sciences (2000-2012) in percents of therealvalueintheyear 2000 A NEW TURNING POINT?

  22. 18 October, 2012

  23. CHALLENGES (national and internationalones)

  24. National challenge: R&D expenditureinthepercentage of theHungarian GDP The new R&D&I policy in Hungary is stillunderpreparation…

  25. International challenges (to be discussedindetailsin Session 2): - Transitionto Open Access (Academymandate: 24 September, 2012) - Horizon 2020

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