Measuring the Economic Value of Research
The Case of Food Safety

An innovative, big data approach to tracking the impact and benefits of publicly funded research, focusing on food safety.

Kaye Husbands Fealing (Edited by), Julia I. Lane (Edited by), John L. King (Edited by), Stanley R. Johnson (Edited by)

9781316612415, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 28 December 2017

204 pages, 16 b/w illus. 42 tables
22.8 x 15.2 x 1.2 cm, 0.3 kg

'This book exploits new data tools to understand better the effects of public spending on research and development. The authors make creative use of research grant awards, employment records, and bibliometrics to trace the pathways through which food safety research affects the formation of knowledge networks and labor force skills necessary to improve the safety of our food supply.' Keith Fuglie, Agricultural economist

The scientific advances that underpin economic growth and human health would not be possible without research investments. Yet demonstrating the impact of research programs is a challenge, especially in areas that span disciplines, industrial sectors, and encompass both public and private sector activity. All areas of research are under pressure to demonstrate benefits from federal funding of research. This exciting and innovative study demonstrates new methods and tools to trace the impact of federal research funding on the structure of research, and the subsequent economic activities of funded researchers. The case study is food safety research, which is critical to avoiding outbreaks of disease. The authors make use of an extraordinary new data infrastructure and apply new techniques in text analysis. Focusing on the impact of US federal food safety research, this book develops vital data-intensive methodologies that have a real world application to many other scientific fields.

Foreword
Preface: 1. Introduction and motivation Kaye Husbands Fealing, Julia Lane, John L. King and Stanley R. Johnson
2. The current context Kaye Husbands Fealing, Lee-Ann Jaykus, and Laurian Unnevehr
3. The conceptual and empirical framework Nathan Goldschlag, Julia Lane, Bruce Weinberg and Nikolas Zolas
4. Identifying food safety related research Evgeny Klochikhin and Julia Lane
5. The structure of research funding Reza Sattari, Julia Lane and Chia-Hsuan Yang
6. The food safety research workforce and economic outcomes Matthew Ross, Akina Ikudo and Julia Lane
7. New insights into food safety research teams Reza Sattari, Julia Lane and Jason Owen Smith
8. Assessing the effects of food safety research on early career outcomes John L. King, Stanley R. Johnson, and Matthew Ross
9. Describing patent activity Yeong Jae Kim, Evgeny Klochikhin and Kaye Husbands Fealing
10. Describing scientific outcomes Evgeny Klochikhin and Kaye Husbands Fealing
11. Conclusion Kaye Husbands Fealing, Stanley Johnson, John L. King, and Julia Lane
References
Index.

Subject Areas: Science funding & policy [PDK], Public health & preventive medicine [MBN], Knowledge management [KJMV3], Health economics [KCQ], Economics [KC], Research methods: general [GPS]