Public benefit, cultural & economic impact & growth prospects of heritage science research: Creating a Heritage Science Innovation Systems Framework

“遗产科学”是指与保护可移动和不可移动的遗产相关的“引人入胜的、丰富的和多样化的科学挑战”。它的重要性不应被低估。遗产通过旅游业为经济做出重大贡献(每年74亿GB)，这种贡献的可持续性取决于遗产科学。2006年11月，我们发表了一份题为《科学与遗产》的报告，在报告中，我们承认英国在遗产科学领域享有很高的声誉，但警告说，英国的地位“受到威胁”，遗产科学部门“支离破碎，被低估”。(上议院科学和技术委员会(2012)。科学与遗产：后续行动。伦敦：HMSO p4)2007年，根据上议院科学和技术委员会的建议，艺术和人文研究理事会(AHRC)和工程和物理科学研究理事会(EPSRC)启动了科学和遗产计划，以资助研究活动，以加深对遗产科学的理解和扩大对遗产科学的参与。在接下来的7年里，这个810万GB的多学科、合作计划资助了48个项目，涉及英国和海外的300多名研究人员、234个机构和50个行业合作伙伴。这项影响奖学金建议的目的是加强由科学和遗产计划支持的研究活动的传播，特别注重发展遗产科学研究人员和行业之间的关系，以促进遗产科学创新，并向政策制定者介绍遗产科学对文化和经济的价值。为了使遗产科学研究人员充分为公共利益和经济增长作出贡献，研究人员和行业必须转变态度，建立更强有力的战略联系，并利用传闻证据表明有些行业可以从遗产科学研究和创新中受益的机会。目前，文物旅游业是最了解文物科学研究的行业，并将与其他商业部门如建筑和物业发展、创意媒体、保险、法证和保安、传感器和仪器等一起考虑。通过一系列的工作坊、面对面访谈和数据收集和分析，研究金将确定文物科学研究和创新产生的好处、影响和增长机会，以及为政策、行业和文物部门以及利用或可以利用遗产科学研究的行业带来更广泛好处的研究项目。通过审查行业需求，可以确定未来遗产科学家从事行业所需的技能和培训，并可以提供证据，就政策如何支持遗产科学创新系统框架的发展提出建议。这反过来将被用来在愿意探索研究成果的商业潜力的研究人员和行业中促进创新文化。这项研究将得到一系列领导能力培养活动的支持，包括为《研究双周》和《研究专业人员》发表受委托撰写的文章。研究的主要成果将发表在科学和遗产计划网站上，其中将包括：一个展示遗产科学研究的益处和影响的项目数据库；一个关于遗产科学家技能培训的案例研究，以及关于政策如何支持建立遗产科学创新系统框架的建议。

"Heritage science" refers to the "fascinating, rich and diverse range of scientific challenges" associated with conserving movable and immovable heritage. Its significance should not be underestimated. Heritage, through tourism, makes a substantial contribution to the economy (£7.4 billion a year), and the sustainability of that contribution depends on heritage science. In November 2006, we published a report entitled Science and Heritage in which we acknowledged that the UK had a high reputation in the field of heritage science but warned that UK standing was "under threat" and that the heritage science sector was "fragmented and under-valued". (House of Lords Science and Technology Committee (2012). Science and Heritage: A follow-up. London: HMSO p4)In 2007, on the recommendations of the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee, the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) launched the Science and Heritage Programme to fund research activities to deepen understanding and widen participation in heritage science. During the following 7 years, this £8.1 million multi-disciplinary, collaborative Programme has funded 48 projects involving more than 300 researchers, 234 institutions and 50 industry partners both in the UK and overseas.The purpose of this Impact Fellowship proposal is to strengthen the dissemination of research activities supported by the Science and Heritage Programme, with a particular focus on developing the relationship between heritage science researchers and industry in order to promote heritage science innovation and to inform policymakers of the value of heritage science to culture and the economy.For heritage science researchers to fully contribute to public benefit and economic growth a shift in attitude by both researchers and industry has to take place to create stronger strategic links and to exploit opportunities which anecdotal evidence suggests there are industry sectors that could benefit from heritage science research and innovation. Currently, the heritage tourism industry is the best understood industry utilising heritage science research and this will be considered alongside other business sectors such as construction and property development; creative media; insurance; forensics and security and sensors and instrumentation.Through a series of workshops, face-to-face interviews and data collection and analysis, the Fellowship will identify the benefits, impacts and growth opportunities produced by heritage science research and innovation, along with the research projects that have contributed wider benefits to policy, industry and the heritage sector and the industry sectors that utilise, or could utilise heritage science research. By examining industry needs, the skills and training required by future heritage scientists to engage with industry can be identified and evidence can be provided to produce recommendations on how policy could support the development of an innovation systems framework for heritage science. This will in turn be used to promote an innovation culture among researchers and industry willing to explore the business potential of research outputs. The research will be underpinned by a number of leadership development activities including publishing commissioned articles for Research Fortnight and Research Professional.Key outputs from the research will be published on the Science and Heritage Programme website and will include: a database of projects that demonstrate the benefits and impacts of heritage science research; a case study on skills training for heritage scientists and recommendations on how policy could support the development of an innovation systems framework for heritage science.