Research and Innovation Partnerships: Lessons and Resources for the Unconventional Gas Sector
Article from: OGEL 3 (2014), in Unconventional Oil and Gas
Abstract
University-industry partnerships alliances in the unconventional gas sector have faced public scepticism and challenges to their legitimacy, in a number of cases this has been due to concerns including; perceived conflicts of interest, a belief that research outputs will lack integrity and independence, and a lack of stakeholder representation in decision making. A number of controversies have emerged in relation to collaborative research partnerships in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia. This paper aims to collate a number of lessons learned from such partnerships. Such ...