Bhaven N. Sampat

The Program Committee welcomes submissions on all topics in the science of science and innovation, broadly defined. We invite contributions from researchers and practitioners across all disciplines, sectors, and world regions, with a particular encouragement for early-career scholars. Major conference themes include, but are not limited to: AI, agentic science, and new epistemic practices in scientific discovery Global knowledge dynamics and the evolution of scientific fields Government-industry-academia partnerships and innovation systems Societal impacts and public value of science and innovation Science funding in an interconnected, multi-sectoral, and global environment Social stratification, bias, and ethical issues in scientific production and reward Open science, transparency, and reproducibility in research The scientific workforce, precarity, and the trajectory of research careers Theoretical, historical, and conceptual perspectives on science and innovation Causal inference and methodological advances in the science of science and innovation Science communication, public trust, and the governance of emerging technologies Intellectual property, patents, and the geography of technological change

📣 Call for abstracts at #ICSSI2026
⛰️ in Boulder, CO, USA - June 29 to July 1

📥 Submit here: www.icssi.org/guidelines
⏳ Deadline: March 30th

On any topic relevant to #SciSci #Innovation #ScienceofScience #Metascience #STS

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The International Conference on the Science of Science & Innovation #ICSSI2026 will be in beautiful Boulder, CO, USA!

☀️ June 29 - July 1 ☀️
& Open Data Hackathon, June 28 🧑‍💻

We welcome submissions on all topics in the science of science and innovation, broadly defined.

Learn more at 👉 icssi.org 👈

📢 A brand new publication from GHI steering committee member, Ken Shadlen, w/ Margaret Kyle and Bhaven Sampat, in Health Affairs Scholar:

'TRIPS, pharmaceutical patents, and generic competition in India'

📎 Read the open-access piece here: bit.ly/3N28FDG

5 papers from the Super Bowl of Economics Planet Money went to the annual meeting of the American Economics Association, and we saw some fascinating papers presented there.

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History of Federal Science Funding – AHA The American Historical Association (AHA) will host a Congressional Briefing offering historical perspectives on federal science funding. The briefing will take place on Thursday, December 11, at 9:00...

On 12/11, the AHA will host a Congressional Briefing offering historical perspectives on federal science funding. Panelists Melinda Baldwin, Arthur Daemmrich, & Bhaven Sampat, with moderator Alexandra Levy will discuss the history of the federal government’s approach toward science in public policy.

Assessing the US Medical Innovation System Conference

Call open for an NBER conference on Medical Innovation Policy I'm co-organizing with @dusetzinas.bsky.social. Friday the 13th, naturally! Open to anyone (not just economists) working on the issues, and papers at different stages. www.nber.org/calls-papers...

Home - JHU School of Government and Policy Johns Hopkins School of Government and Policy advances governance with research, data-driven analysis, and innovative solutions to today’s challenges.

The new School of Government and Policy at Johns Hopkins University (sogp.jhu.edu
) is hiring, including in science and innovation policy:

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Thanks to @prmalone.bsky.social and his team at the @juelsgaardclinic.bsky.social at @stanfordlaw.bsky.social for filing this amicus brief on behalf of myself, @pierre-azoulay.bsky.social, @danielpgross.bsky.social & @sampat.bsky.social in the NIH indirect costs case papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Journal of Economic Perspectives Vol. 39 No. 2 Spring 2025

The Spring 2025 issue of the Journal of Economic Perspectives (39, 2) is now available online at aeaweb.org/issues/803.

Looks like the cat is out of the bag. Good post by @stuartbuck.bsky.social on indirect cost recovery citing new joint work with @sampat.bsky.social and @pierre-azoulay.bsky.social.

Find it here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/g8792...

Richard R Nelson (1930–2025): Evolutionary economist and innovation scholar This article attempts to set out systematically Richard Nelson's contributions to the economics of innovation and to the emerging field of innovation …

A wonderful appreciation of Dick Nelson.

Esther van Zimmeren on LinkedIn: #ip #iplawandgovernance #ipandinnovation #ipincentives… Call for papers alert! The EPIP2025 call for papers for the 20th Annual Conference in Antwerp September 10-12th is out. Please visit the conference website to…

Call for papers EPIP2025: “Turning IP Ambitions into Action: Creating Connections, Collaborations, and Communities”. The deadline for submissions is 30 April 2025. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Topics will include: 1. Querying massive datasets efficiently  
2. Using SQL + Python for reproducible research  
3. Optimizing costs & avoiding common pitfalls  

Roger Masclans (Duke) and Dror Shvadron (Toronto) will lead the session.

NBER Innovation Information Initiative (I3) Upskilling Session: BigQuery for Patent & Innovation Data

Join us Feb 21, at 11 AM ET for the first I3 Upskilling session: Using Google BigQuery for patent and innovation data/analyses. Register here:

cornell.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Richard Nelson’s legacy for the Economics of Innovation and IP Richard R. Nelson has inspired generations of economists interested in technological change, innovation and intellectual property. His research has allowed us to conceptualize and better understand th...

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A graph of government-funded patents per R&D dollar, overall and by agency. Though federal spending on research and development has been a pillar of US innovation since World War II, the level and composition of that funding shows significant variation over time. This column introduces a comprehensive, open-access dataset identifying government-funded patents from 1900 to 2020, collected from administrative records of the US Patent and Trademark Office. The authors discuss how these data – which include a much larger set of publicly funded patents than was previously known – can be used in future research, consider their limitations, and document long-run patterns in US patent policy.

@danielpgross.bsky.social & @sampat.bsky.social introduce a comprehensive, open-access #dataset identifying US government-funded patents from 1900-2020. The government's share of patented innovations reached its zenith during WWII - comprising 11% of all US filings.
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
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The US WW2 medical research and development effort catalyzed postwar science, modernized drug discovery, and fueled the postwar National Institutes of Health — reshaping biomedical innovation for decades, from Daniel P. Gross and Bhaven N. Sampat https://www.nber.org/papers/w33457

Richard R. Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award YouTube video by TIM Division

Here are some tributes prepared for an AOM Lifetime Achievement Award a few years ago, recognizing both his intellectual contributions and generosity. Dick, you will be missed.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrZH...

🔊🔊New WP: "The Therapeutic Consequences of the War: World War II and the 20th-Century Expansion of Biomedicine"

How WW2 transformed biomed. science, triggered a golden age of drug discovery, and fueled the postwar NIH. Insights for biomed R&D today. 💉

Link: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/fuhc8...

Using Bayh-Dole Act March-In Rights to Lower US Drug Prices This cross-setional study examines the feasibility of using march-in rights under the Bayh-Dole Act to systemically lower drug prices by removing patent barriers to competition using data from the Foo...

Politico reports that RFK Jr is open to using Bayh-Dole march-in on pharma patents:
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...

Bhaven Sampat and I looked into how much effect this could have (short answer: not much): 
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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ISSUES is thrilled to join the Bluesky community! ⁠

A brief introduction: We’re a digital and print opinion journal published by @nationalacademies.org and Arizona State University. We provide a forum for discussion of public policy related to science, technology, and society. ⁠1/ issues.org

Details of application process from NBER email, including oppty to contact organizers to contact Bhaven Sampat (bhaven.sampat@asu.edu) and/or Agnes Cameron (agnescam@mit.edu)

The NBER Innovation Information Initiative will award five or more fellowships of $1500 each to graduate students in economics, innovation, entrepreneurship, or related fields. Applications open at link below. Full deets in picture. "Outsiders" encouraged to apply.