Minna Kanerva (Finland) joined UNU-MERIT as a researcher in January 2006. Her topics of interest include climate change, bio- and nanotechnologies, eco-innovation, politics of science and technology, and development of S&T in the South.  She mostly works in collaboration with Anthony Arundel, Hugo Hollanders, Cati Bordoy and Adriana van Cruysen on projects which include INNO Metrics, European Innovation Scoreboard, KEI and ASTP.