If the government wants science to have an economic impact it has to put its money where its mouth is
- Written by Nicola Gaston, Director of the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
jittawit21/ShutterstockBilled as the most significant change to the science system in 30 years, last week’s announcement of major structural changes to scientific research institutions was objectively a big deal.
But the devil will be in the details. The proposed reforms are focused on the economic impact of the science sector and are based...





