Standards-making relies on input from industry,
research and end-users, involving
experts that represent diverse stakeholders spread all over the globe. However, the
standards-setting culture and formal rules are sometimes at odds with the culture and
practice of research. Based on previous research the lack of openness
and transparency,
and a suboptimal interaction with academic research are issues that
could explain a lack
of success in a European setting.
An article published in 2018, in the International
Journal of Standardization research, studied how an ongoing international
standards
project has interacted with an international academic research community. The results of
the study show that establishing feedback loops between
standardisation, research, and
development is essential in order to produce results. However, the
study also shows that
in individual projects, internal processes and
culture in the standard setting group
could be of crucial importance for the outcome.
