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Inaugural mini-conference held in honour of Keith Pavitt
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| Giovanni Dosi |
On 26 January, UNU-MERIT held a mini-conference and debate on the status of science, technology and innovation policy in Europe and world-wide, to commemorate the work of the late Keith Pavitt. Until his death three years ago, Pavitt was a leading science and technology policy researcher at SPRU, University of Sussex , and a member of the Scientific Board of MERIT, University of Maastricht . Giovanni Dosi (University of Pisa), Luc Soete (UNU-MERIT director) and Bart Verspagen, (Technical University, Eindhoven) provided alternative analyses of the factors behind the declining performance of Europe's knowledge sector and proposed a range of policy solutions to address the situation.
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Publication of EU innovation report generates media storm
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"Europe keeps on falling short in respect of new technologies"
"EU 50 years behind the US for innovation"
These are just a few of the headlines triggered by the publication of the European Commission's European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS) report for 2005. The report concludes that the EU is losing ground to the US and Japan in innovation performance. The EIS report is drawn from several TrendChart reports written by UNU-MERIT researchers Anthony Arundel and Hugo Hollanders. TrendChart provides a detailed analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of member states' national innovation systems and European innovation performance at the industry level.
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New project seeks right " policy mix" for improved knowledge investments in Europe
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In 2002, European countries committed themselves to raise their R&D investments to 3% of GDP - a target that has come to be known as the 'Barcelona Objective'. A major new EU study led by a UNU-MERIT research team will monitor and analyse policies and public financing instruments that can contribute to achieving this target. The study covers 31 countries - the current 25 EU Member States, the two accessing countries ( Bulgaria and Romania ), as well as four non-EU countries (US, Japan , Canada and South Korea ). The project will go beyond traditional analyses and focus on possible "policy mixes" that can stimulate the design of efficient policy portfolios in this area.
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'Alternative G8' initiative to hold meeting in Maastricht
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UNU-MERIT will host a one-day international conference on 8 March to draft a science, technology and development agenda for a proposed new informal grouping of the
leaders of the world's 20 leading countries. The Canadian-led project, dubbed "G20 at the 'Leader's level", or L20, aims to bring together the leaders of the world's 20 leading countries (both North and South) to tackle critical global challenges. More than thirty international science and technology experts will attend the meeting, which is co-organized by the Centre for Global studies, the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) and United Nations University. |
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Workshop on Design and Evaluation of Innovation Policy
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The next training workshop on Design and Evaluation of Innovation Policy (DEIP) will take place from 27-31 March in Abuja, Nigeria. The courses are targeted at senior policymakers and technical advisers working on Science, Technology and Innovation issues in developing countries. For more information please contact Ms. Eveline in de Braek. |
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Intake PhD programme in Innovation Studies and Development
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| Hard at work: PhD researchers Semih Akcomak (Turkey, pictured left) and Radhika Pal (India) |
Applications for the September 2006 intake of the new UNU-MERIT PhD programme in Innovation Studies and Development are now being received. Application deadline is 17 March 2006.
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UNU-MERIT researchers publish IJTG Special Issue
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Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka and Rajah Rasiah have co-edited a Special Issue of the International Journal of Technology and Globalisation focusing on Innovation, Clusters and Systemic Learning in Developing Countries. The special issue is dedicated to the late Sanjaya Lall, "...a pioneering economist whose intellectual leadership and originality have left an indelible mark on development theory and practice." |
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