Changes in the core-Periphery Structure of the Framework Programme’s Regional Network
| Dec 31, 2023
Article Category: ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Published Online: Dec 31, 2023
Page range: 489 - 504
Received: Aug 01, 2023
Accepted: Nov 01, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ers-2023-0032
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Subject and purpose of work
The aim of this paper is to measure whether the regions lagging behind in the European knowledge field could get closer to the core of the Framework Programmes’ (FP) R&D network.
Materials and methods
Annual snapshots of the network have been analysed between 2004-2014. With the use of four different core-periphery measures, regions with converging and diverging tendencies have been identified. The author analysed how the results vary with different regions and indicators used.
Results
The few core regions of the network in the eastern bloc tend to diverge from the core, while almost none of the peripheral regions in these countries could even get to the semi-periphery of the network in the examined timeframe.
Conclusions
Although one of the goals of the EU with the European Research Area was to help peripheral regions catch up, this has not yet happened in the case of the examined collaborative R&D network.