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Part 4: Innovation in Networks; International audience; Due to its promising effects on the economic development, innovation networks have been recognized as an important instrument for the industrialization of regions and nations. Therefore, the creation of innovation ...

Wissenstransfer zwischen Hochschulen und Gesellschaft sowie gesellschaftliches Engagement von Hochschulen ("Third Mission") rücken immer stärker in den Fokus von Öffentlichkeit und Wissenschaftspolitik (Kap. 2). Auch für die Große Transformation zur Nachhaltigkeit werde...

Many academic economists take it as a matter of course that economics should become a natural science. Such a characterization misses an essential aspect of a social science, namely reactivity, i.e. human beings systematically respond to economic data, and in particular...

A cursory look at the history of science and technology development in Iran shows that policy making for scientific development, research, technology, and innovation appears to be a modern phenomenon in the society. Such a review indicates that a robust plan for develop...

In this article, we investigate knowledge exchange at the intersection of science and Swiss public policy in the fields of spatial planning, land use and soil management. Based on a literature review and expert interviews, we identify six types of knowledge exchange, an...

Welcome to the Microbiological Research Establishment, Porton Down, England.1 It is late October 1968 and the message from the director of the establishment in the visitors’ brochure reads: During your visit to our laboratories we will attempt to show and explain our wo...

Scientists and policy makers in Australia and the United States face very similar challenges in the management of drought risk. Compared with other drought-affected countries, both have the relative luxury that drought is not accompanied by famine and is rarely a matter...