1. Full name: Nguyen Thi Huong Giang

2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: 3 November 1975

4. Place of birth: Nam Dinh

5. Admission decision number: 2999/2013/ QĐ-XHNV-SĐH  Dated 30/12/2013

6. Changes in academic process: decision number 577/QD-XHNV Dated 9 March 2018 about changing the name of the doctoral thesis.

7. Official thesis title: The role of social capital in science and technology activities: Case study of strong scientific working groups at Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

8. Major: Management of science and technology

9. Code: QH-2013-X

10. Supervisors: Associate Prof., Dr. Dang Ngoc Dinh and  Associate Prof., Dr. Nguyen Tuan Anh

11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:

The dissertation clarifies the role of social capital in science and technology activities: Case study of strong scientific working groups at Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

On the basis of that argument, the thesis analyzes the specific goals, including:

1) Identify the characteristics of strong research groups and characteristics of social capital in scientific and technological activities;

2) Clarify the actual use of social capital in scientific and technological activities of strong research groups;

3) Evaluate the positive and negative effects of social capital in scientific and technological activities of strong research groups at Vietnam National University, Hanoi;

4) Valuable solutions to enrich the social capital source in science and technology activities, also reduce the negative effect of the social capital source.

12. Practical applicability, if any:

- This is the first research on social capital in science and technology activities in Vietnam. The scientific and practical arguments of this research can be used as a reference for further research on this topic, contributing to the development of science and technology in Vietnam, science and technology activities  in particular.

- The thesis has proposed a number of practical solutions to enrich social capital, promote positive impacts and limit negative impacts of social capital in scientific and technological activities of strong scientific working groups.

13. Further research direction, if any:

Some factors affecting social capital in science and technology activities in Vietnam.

14. Thesis-related publication:

1. Nguyen Huong Giang (2012), “Social capital in science-technology and its components”, Journal Science and Technology Policy and Management 1(3), pp. 58-62.

2. Nguyen Thi Huong Giang (2019), “The role of social capital in science and technology activities of the scientific working groups”, Journal Science and Technology Policy and Management (in Vietnamese) 8 (1), pp. 32-42.

3. Nguyen Thi Huong Giang (2019),  “Social capital in research activities in Vietnam”, Vietnam Social Sciences (in Vietnamese) (3), pp.75-81.