David P. Baker, of education and sociology at Penn State.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Scientists working in many nations are contributing to the world's store of scientific, technological and engineering knowledge. Still, there are significant cross-national differences in the relative amount of contribution. "Only a few nations are producing the overwhelming majority of new science, but many others are now entering the game of big science research with innovative strategies to jump-start their contribution," said David P. Baker, professor of education and sociology at Penn State. Baker is the primary investigator of a $610,000, two-year study, "Science Productivity, Higher Education Development and the Knowledge Society." The historical and futuristic study, funded by the Qatar National Research Foundation, will examine how the development of higher education has influenced the capacity for scientific knowledge production. The main goal of the study, said Baker, is to understand the factors that have historically led to highly productive research systems of higher education, and to take the best ideas forward in order to continue to grow the knowledge society that is so vital to health and global sustainability. Findings from the study are intended to assist universities, national education and science policy makers, and multilateral scientific agencies in guiding future policies for higher education development and science capacity-building.
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