Lithuanian R&D Landscape

Kristina Masevičiūtė

WIDENING LITHUANIAN RESEARCH POTENTIALNovember 21, 2017

RESEARCH AND HIGHER EDUCATION MONITORING ANDANALYSIS CENTRE (MOSTA)

LEGAL STATUS: Public institutionOWNER: The Office of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania

WHAT WE DO: monitor, evaluate and provide evidence-based policyrecommendations regarding the implementation and process of:

Highereducation

Innovation Humanresources

Research

Context data and indicators

Key R&D indicatorsR&D fundingHuman resourcesPublications & Patents/Horizon 2020

Summary

OUTLINE

Source: Statistics Lithuania, Eurostat, MOSTA, 2016

Universities: 14 state/8 privateResearch institutes:13 state/ 9 private*Colleges: 13 state/ 10 private

125 452 students Almost 400 PhD graduates every year8375 FTE researchers23 % researchers in business and industry (FTE)

R&D Intensity – 0,74% (Goal for 2020 1,9%)

1st in the EU for share of tertiary education graduatesin the population aged 30-34 - 58,7%, (EU goal – 40%,average 39,1%)

In the period of 2007–2013 huge investments weremade into public R&D infrastructure (total of ~268 mln.Eur). The main principle of creation of infrastructurereferred to the evaluation of research and HE areaswith largest potential of the strongest groupsof researchers.

In European Innovation Scoreboard 2017 Lithuania –16 th position (from 24th in 2016). Lithuania'sinnovation performance has increased by 21% since2010. The strengths: Human resources, innovationfriendly environment, linkages.

CONTEXT DATA & INDICATORS: R&D LANDSCAPE

Total intramural R&D expenditure (GERD) as percentage of GDP EXPENDITURE

1,78 1,851,94 1,93 1,97 2,01 2,03 2,04 2,03

2,16

3

0,80 0,79 0,83 0,780,90 0,89 0,95

1,03 1,04

0,74

0,98

1,9

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2,5

3,0

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2008

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cast

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HE&GOV Business EU28

%

EU 27

LT

Source: Eurostat, Statistics Lithuania

R&D expenditure (GERD) by sources of fundsEXPENDITURE

31%

11%

55%

43,6%

12,6%

40,8%

35,3%

34,3%28,5%

Governmentsector

AbroadBusiness

EU28 2015 LT 2016 LT 2015

International R&D funding(mainly EU Funds) decreasedfrom 34% to 11%

In Lithuania R&D is mainlyfunded from governmentsector, while EU28 – Business sector

Source: Eurostat

HES and Business R&D expenditure by sources of funds 2015EXPENDITURE

0,10 0,05 0,00 0,05 0,10 0,15 0,20 0,25

EU28BEBGCZDKDEEEIEELESHRIT

CYLVLTLUHUMTNLATPLPTRO

SISKFI

UK

% of GDP

HES received from Business Business received from Government

The share of HE sector R&Dexpenditures received frombusiness is one of the highestin EU

The share of Business sectorR&D expenditures receivedfrom government sector isamong the lowest EU

Source: Eurostat, Statistics Lithuania

Number of researchers in FTER&D PERSONNEL

Number of R&D staff in Lithuaniahas grown over the decade, butcompared to the employedpopulation, remains 40 % lowerthe EU average

The total number of researchersFTE decreased slightly in 2014and did not reached its size so far

Source: Statistics Lithuania

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Researchers in FTE by Field of Science in HE and Government SectorsR&D PERSONNEL

The highest share of researchersin Social sciences, Technologicalsciences

Source: Statistics Lithuania

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Social sciences Agricultural Science Medical Sciences

Other Biomedical Total

Doctoral studentsR&D PERSONNEL

The highest share of PhDgraduates in Social sciencesand Biomedical sciences

3%Foreign doctoral students

(OECD average 27%)

Source: Statistics Lithuania

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Total doctoral graduates

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EU27

>3 months mobility within last 10 years

OUTWARD MOBILITY

31% of post-PhD researchersin the EU27 have worked abroad(EU or worldwide) as researchersfor more than three months atleast once during the last ten years.

Lithuania – 18 %

Source: MORE 2, 2012. http://www.more-2.eu/

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

Lithuania’s researchers productivity,compared to other EU countries, ishigh if compared number ofpublications per researcher(FTE)

Lithuania, as well as many other newEU member states, lags far behind theold EU member states in internationalcollaboration and citations

Lithuania’s international collaborationis expanding

Source: SCImago. (2007). SJR — SCImago Journal & Country Rank. Retrieved, from http://www.scimagojr.com

AT

BE

BG

CY

CZ; 294

DE

DKEE; 162

ELES

FI; 443

FR

HR

HU

IEIT

LT; 133

LV; 104

MT

NL

PL; 371

PT

RO

SE

SI

SK

UK; 1015

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Cita�on per document

Interna�onal publica�ons

Circle size: number of documents– H index

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2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

% Interna�onal Collabora�on

Scientific articles co-authorshipINTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

Main cooperating countries –Germany, USA, Italy, UK, Spain, Poland

VOKIETIJA

376 ČEKIJA182

ITALIJA304 TURKIJA

156

ARMĖNIJA

93

GRUZIJA

103

KIPRAS113

EGIPTAS105

IRANAS129

KATARAS

91

PAKISTANAS

110

SAUDOARABIJA

91

GRAIKIJA

169

VENGRIJA

166ŠVEICARIJA

218

BELGIJA189

NYDERLANDAI

114AIRIJA137

ŠVEDIJA172

DANIJA57

NORVEGIJA

87

D. BRITANIJA

293

PRANCŪZIJA

268

ISPANIJA

285PORTUGALIJA

186

JAV354

MEKSIKA116

BRAZILIJA

128

KOLUMBIJA

112

LENKIJA

279

RUSIJA210

BULGARIJA

138

SLOVĖNIJA

40 SERBIJA139

KROATIJA

132

BALTARUSIJA

126

KINIJA161

INDIJA112

TAILANDAS

104ŠRI LANKA

92

AUSTRALIJA

87

MALAIZIJA

129

PIETŲKORĖJA116

TAIVANAS

124

UKRAINA

176

ESTIJA169

LATVIJA149

SUOMIJA

223

NAUJOJIZELANDIJA

113

AUSTRIJA

188

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38

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21

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Source: THOMSON REUTERS, WEB OF SCIENCE, 2016

EPO PATENT APPLICATIONS

Source: Eurostat, 2014

Relatively low number EPOpatent applications

Lithuania looks very goodwhen comparing the numberof applications to businessR&D expenditure

per million of inhabitants by billion EUR of Business R&D expenditure

1000 500 0 500 1000 1500

HRPT

MTCZIE

LUEESI

BGHUBEESEL

DKATFR

EU28PLIT

DESEFI

ROLTNLCYLV

HORIZON 2020 RESULTS

The ratio between participantsand coordinators is increasing

The share of EC funding perone participant is the lowestfrom EU28

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DE NL UK FR SE BE FI DK IE AT ES IT LU PT EL HU SI CY EE CZ SK PL LV MT BG RO HR LT EU28

Horizontas 2020

Thousand eur

32,4 mln. Eur for Lithuania from

Horizon 2020

11,9Success

rate

SUMMARY

The size of the public research sector. Majority of R&D activities arecarried out by public research organisations.

Still good supply of new graduates (Bachelor, Master)

Upgraded public research infrastructure from 2007-2013 funds

Strengths and opportunities

Dispersed research resources

Insufficient R&D funding/R&D funding relies too greatly on EU Funds

Unattractive conditions for researchers’ career

Weak internationalization of the national research system

Challenges

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