Research on university patenting has focused primarily on aggregate analyses of temporal changes in quantity and quality of university patents, their impact and utilization, and their distribution by class. Minimal systematic research has been conducted at the micro-level to investigate how individual researcher, organizational, and institutional factors explain patenting behavior of academic scientists.
This project consists of the design and baseline interviews for an evaluation of an innovative project to integrate digital inclusion initiatives into community-building efforts in several low-income Chicago neighborhoods. The Institute for Policy and Civic Engagement (IPCE) is supporting Dr. Karen Mossberger’s evaluation of the Digital Excellence Demonstration Communities Project, including research on the role that technology plays in engaging citizens in their communities.
The Institute for Policy and Civic Engagement (IPCE) is a new organization at the University of Illinois at Chicago primarily funded by the State of Illinois. IPCE’s mission is to “transform democracy by creating a more fully engaged citizenry with more effective leaders”. In 2009, STE Policy Lab faculty completed a strategic positioning project to assist IPCE leadership in their startup efforts. This project included an integrated look at the knowledge and practice of how universities, e-government and technology applications interact and relate to civic engagement.
The emerging and important area of social computing, or the support of social behavior through computing technologies, is expected to have significant implications for the conduct of work in modern organizations. Widespread access to the internet and inexpensive computing devices, as well as the rapid development of social software applications, such as Twitter and Facebook, are facilitating open collaboration and information sharing.
The Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) consortium is funded by the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The CTSA consortium aims to improve human health by transforming the research and training environment to enhance the efficiency and quality of clinical and translational research. This consortium includes 46 medical research institutions located throughout the nation. When fully implemented by 2012, about 60 institutions will be linked together to energize the discipline of clinical and translational science.