Kutatás-Fejlesztés – Tudományszervezési Tájékoztató, 1990

1. szám - Bibliográfia

SUMMARIES Members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences between 1962 and 1985 The article tries to find an answer to the question by what criteria and in what fields the members of the Academy were selected in various periods and what their careers were like. The statutes of the Academy are the legal framework for the election of members and the number and structure of scientific departments provide the structural one. Members are chosen from the group of qualified people holding scientific degrees. In the paper based on the yearbooks of the Academy a demographic survey is presented, too. One can get to know how old the members of individual departments of the Academy were when they had been chosen correponding members, how long it took to be elected an ordinary member. Attention is directed to the characterization of some generations of the members of the Academy as well as there is an attempt at drawing conclusions from the personal and professional data of the leaders of the Academy. Siberia: science and policy. The development of a regional science strategy in the age of Stalin The author of Novosibirsk analyses the fact how efficient the Soviet Union's research strategy has been and what principles and criteria have governed the policy for the development of science. The historiographers of the regional development of science have always thought that the prime and most important aims of the location of science are the development of industry and the booming of the economy of the region concerned. In principle, when setting the goals of and responsibilities for the science development science policy considers the available resources, the essential tendencies of science organization and striking a balance between various aspects. However, the analysis of the establishment of the Siberian institutional network of science has revealed that although economic and particular scientific aspects play an important part, political will is the most decisive factor. Since the 1920s a Siberian institutional network of science has been intended to be established but local initiations have failed due to strict centralization and the priority of strengthening the political power.