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Policy: Set research priorities in a time of recession

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Rigorous analyses are needed to establish the benefits of the knowledge economy, says former Irish government science adviser Patrick Cunningham.

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  1. Patrick Cunningham is professor of animal genetics at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. From 2007 to 2012 he was chief scientific adviser to the Irish government.,

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