Regional Action Plan to support the governance of Responsible Research & Innovation in the Southern & Eastern Regional Operational Programme 2014 - 2020
Resources required for the development and implementation of the policy improvement
No additional resources are required for the development and implementation of either of the policy improvements with the exception of staff time within SRA & SFI.
PESTL analysis of the external environment
A PESTL analysis is a tool used to analyse and monitor the macro-environmental factors that may have a profound impact on an organisation such as Science Foundation Irelands activities or performance. Many of these are outside of the organisations control.
Scope (international,
Factor type Factor title
Description of factor
Importance
national, regional) National
Government Policy change Government Policy Change Political Stability -General Election
Reduction in SFI Funding
High
Government withdraw funding - SFI to become a commercial entity
National & Regional
Low
Political
SRA & SFI Funding review or reduction National & Regional
High
Downturn in economy Brain-drain of Researchers
Impacts funding available for researchers
National/ International
High
Economic
Impacts availability of high calibre PhD research personnel Societal shift to tighten science research ethical standards Political agenda and funding shifted to focus on global and national environmental issues Could impact focus of funding
National & Regional
Medium
Societal views on ethics Environmental impacts Societal views of research funding Career Attitudes
National
Low
National/ International
Medium
Social / cultural
National
Low
Science research not attracting high calibre PHD students
National/ International
Low/
Medium Medium
Communications technology
Funding withdrawn/reduced for national roll-out of high- speed Broad Band Increasing automation of activities that humans perform, including STEM based research Results in legislation issues with free flow of data and information for research & industry Patent Laws become more restrictive or expensive to file Funding STEM subjects or teachers reduced.
National
Technological
Robotics/
International Medium
Analytics
GDPR
International Medium
Patent & Copyright Laws Education Policy changes
National/ International
Medium
Legal / regulatory
National
Low
Legislation changes Legislation to restrict research parameters e.g. stem cells or AI
National
Low
Southern Regional Assembly | Regional Action Plan
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