European Science and Technology Policy

Towards Integration or Fragmentation?

Inbunden, Engelska, 2009

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This innovative book focuses on the most important concept underpinning current European Union research policy. It describes the history and concept of the European Research Area (ERA), analyses some of the underlying assumptions, assesses some of its achievements, and takes a brief look at its future.European Science and Technology Policy deals with the notion of the ERA, a coordinated and effective European Research Area, the successful achievement of which is the main objective of EU research policy under the Lisbon Treaty. The book demonstrates that almost ten years after the formal launch of the ERA concept, little top-down progress seems to have been made in terms of achieving better governance of the European research landscape. However, tangible bottom-up progress has been made towards harmonizing research beyond the existing uncoordinated national, intergovernmental and supranational policy schemes. Given the current ongoing ERA debate, this timely publication will be an invaluable tool for technology and innovation policymakers and practitioners in Europe. It will also appeal to scholars and students in the fields of science, technology and innovation.

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Utgivningsdatum2009-12-28
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
FörlagEdward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN9781848443303

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Contents:IntroductionPART I: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE1. Post-war Research, Education and Innovation Policy-making in EuropePeter Tindemans2. Intergovernmental Cooperation in the Making of European ResearchPierre Papon3. A European Research Area Built by the Member States?Christian Svanfeldt4. The ‘European Research Area’ Idea in the History of Community Policy-makingLuca Guzzetti5. Analysing Community PoliciesJim DratwaPART II: THEORETICAL ISSUES6. From the Lisbon Agenda to the Lisbon Treaty: National Research Systems in the Context of European Integration and GlobalizationRobert Boyer7. The Returns to Public Research FundingKris Aerts and Dirk Czarnitzki8. Scale and Scope in ResearchNicholas S. Vonortas9. ERA and the Role of NetworksStefano Breschi and Franco Malerba10. Transnational Collaboration in Public Research Funding and Publicly Supported Research in EuropeHenri Delanghe, Brian Sloan and Ugur MuldurPART III: ACHIEVEMENTS11. The EU R&D Under-investment: Patterns in R&D Expenditure and FinancingVincent Duchêne, Elissavet Lykogianni and Arnold Verbeek12. Does the ‘European Paradox’ Still Hold? Did it Ever?Giovanni Dosi, Patrick Llerena and Mauro Sylos Labini13. The European Research Area and Human Resources in Science and TechnologyWendy Hansen14. Performance of European Science: Research Networks and Profiles of EU Countries in a Global PerspectiveAnthony F.J. van Raan, Thed N. van Leeuwen and Clara Calero-Medina15. The Levelling Off of the Integration of European TechnologyDominique Guellec and Hélène Dernis16. The European Research Area as Industrial Policy ToolLuc SoetePART IV: CONCLUSIONS17. The Future of the European Research AreaParaskevas Caracostas, Ugur Muldur and Kristian OrsiniConclusion and PerspectivesIndex

'This volume gives an excellent overview of science and technology policy in Europe in the post-war period. Experts with a background in research and policy explain the historical and theoretical roots of the European Research Area. Contributions illuminate the tension between science policy and innovation policy and the difficulties to balance national, European and global priorities. Critical assessments of how the ERA has affected the overall performance of Europe lead to interesting proposals for how to cope with old and new challenges.'