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Second Communia Conference

COMMUNIA Conference 2009: Global Science & Economics of Knowledge-Sharing Institutions

The Second COMMUNIA International Conference 2009 is scheduled for Sunday 28, Monday 29 & Tuesday 30 June 2009 in Torino, Italy.

The conference will address the conceptual foundations and practical feasibilities of contractually constructed “commons” and related bottom-up public domain initiatives (joint policy guidelines, common standards, institutional policies, etc.) capable of offering shared access to a variety of research resources, identifying effective models and salient needs and opportunities for effective initiatives across a diverse range of research areas.

Also available are detailed procedures for hotel bookings (at special rates) and instructions on how to reach the conference venue at the Rettorato on Sunday and at Collegio Carlo Alberto the following days.

Take a look at the programme of the conference.

A report of the conference is available here, and slides as well as summaries of some sessions can be accessed from the download section of the website as well as directly below in the programme [27oct09]

Are Intellectual Property Rights Hindering Technological Advance? The Need for Technological Common.

Author(s)

Petri Rouvinen

Rikard Stankiewicz

In the last quarter century, the scope of patenting has been expanded, the requirements for patentability

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A Comparison of Information-Sharing among Scientists in Academia and Industry

Author(s)

Carolin Haeussler

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Data matters: a research funder's perspective

Author(s)

Nicole Perrin

The Wellcome Trust works to ensure that the outputs of the research it funds, including research data and published papers, are managed and used in ways that maximise public benefit.

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Legal and Technical Accessibility for Life Science Databases

Author(s)

Melanie Dulong de Rosnay

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Open licensing for scientific innovation: the Reproducible Research Standard in Theory and Practice

Author(s)

Victoria Stodden

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The Great Divide in Scientific Productivity. Why the Average Scientist Does Not Exist

Author(s)

Stijn Kelchtermans

Reinhilde Veugelers

We use a quantile regression approach to estimate the e¤ects of age, gender, research
funding, teaching load and other observed characteristics of academic researchers on the full

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Stimulating graduates' research-oriented careers: does academic research matter?

Author(s)

Mauro Sylos Labini

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Determinants of promotion and scientific productivity: A study on Italian and French Academic Physicists

Author(s)

Jacques Mairesse

Fabio Montobio

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Contractually Constructed Research Commons: A Critical Economic Appraisal

Author(s)

Enrico Bertacchini

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