Curriculum Vitae
(EU format – work
bio, selected project management/research)
Wendy
Kirsten Hansen
Researcher, Knowledge and Industrial Dynamics, UNU-Maastricht
Economic Research Institute for Innovation and Technology (MERIT), the Netherlands.
http://www.merit.unu.edu/ .
Email: w.hansen@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Summary
of experience:
Specialization of
research and experience
·
Measurement
and analyses of human resources in science and technology (HRST) and related
policies (education, immigration/emigration, labour market, science, technology
and innovation) at the international level (including ERA, North America,
Asia).
·
Research
on flows and economic activities of HRST including human capital production and
flows and their links in the innovation system, S&T indicators for social
growth and economy.
·
International
expert/delegate on projects/committees with policy anchors including the EU
(DG-RTD and DG-Enterprise), the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD), Government of Canada, the National Science Foundation
(U.S.), the National Academy of Sciences (U.S.).
From-To
1997 to present: Knowledge and Industrial Dynamics,
UNU-Maastricht Economic Research Institute for Innovation and Technology
(MERIT), the Netherlands.
·
I
joined MERIT to continue my research on knowledge workers and innovation and
technology. My activities have drawn me into a range of active policy areas
including knowledge workers, S&T, R&D, innovation and Information
Society. While at MERIT my work focuses on human capital and technology and
innovation and includes:
o
Knowledge
workers in S&T and innovation;
o
Human
capital and economy;
o Horizontal S&T
and related policy (e.g. immigration, mobility, funding).
Research, project and management activities are provided
on pages 2-3.
2010-2011, Advisor, Secretary General, the
National Research Council, Canada.
·
Provide
analytic, research and policy support on an ad hoc basis.
·
Engage
international science, technology and innovation experts to develop knowledge
transfer and socio-economic measures, explore publications and citation data to
develop indicators of domestic and international collaboration of NRC
researchers and flows of knowledge characteristics.
2000-2003, Research fellow, Institute of
Infonomics (Heerlen NL)
·
Research on new measures for linkages
between knowledge workers and IT and specific measures and policies for a
digitized society. Research includes SMEs and the Internet, comparisons of
North America and Europe work force transition, IT research mobility, impact of
convergence of consumer electronics on employment.
1988-1997
·
Senior
policy analyst, human resources in S&T; portfolios of Global Information
Society and Economy, Science and Technology Directorate, Strategic Policy of
Industry and Science Policy Sector, Department of Industry, Government of
Canada.
o
Provide
strategic advice, producing technical and analytic reports, contributing to
briefing notes and other policy initiatives for senior management, Office of
the Minister and high profile activities including G-7, G-8 and NAFTA meetings
and government-wide S&T reviews of activities and funding.
o
Work
with Senior Officials of domestic and international departments to move S&T
and human capital agenda forward.
o
Invited
contributor to EU-DG(RTD) working committees on HRST and related science,
technology and innovation indicators and policies, and Eurostat working groups
on HRST and related data and indicator development.
o
Contributing author to the OECD Frascatti
Manual on the Measurement of Human Resources in Science and Technology.
o
Expert
reviewer of 1st European S&T Indicators Report.
o
Member
of Canada Council of Professional Engineering; President of local Union for Economists
and Statisticians.
1982-1988
Research Officer,
Projections and Analysis, Division of Post Secondary Education, Bureau of
Statistics, Government of Canada.
Selected
research activities
Project manager/contract researcher: Analysis of
researcher careers and implementation of new data collection activities
(RESCAR), ERAWATCH network, IPTS and DG Research, (329.600€)(2007).
Contract researcher: Analysis of publicly funded
research programmes in view to assess and increase their impact on innovation
(IMPLORE), Canada case study (2007).
Contract
researcher: Knowledge Economy Indicators: Development of Innovative and
Reliable Indicator Systems, funded by Sixth Framework Programme Priority 8:
Policy Oriented Research (2005-2007);
Contract
researcher: Monitoring and analysis of policies and public financing
instruments conducive to higher levels of R&D investments (POLICYMIX),
DG Research, (2006-2007).
Project
Manager/contract researcher: S&T Linkage Indicators, DG Research,
Open Tender, (96.000€)(2006-2007).
Contract
researcher: Economic impact of open source software on innovation and
competitiveness of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) sector
in the EU (FLOSSPOL), DG Enterprise, (2006).
Project
manager/contract researcher: Policies for Human Resources, ERAWATCH
NETWORK (POHR), IPTS, Seville Spain and DG Research, (108.550€)(2006-2007).
Contract
researcher: Sectoral innovation in Europe Monitoring, Analysing Trends and
Identifying Challenges (SYSTEMATIC), DG Enterprise, (2006-2008).
Contract
researcher: Feasibility of Indicators of Researchers’ Mobility and Career
Paths, ERAWATCH research network (2005-2006).
Project
manager/contract researcher: Mapping surveys and other data sources on
industrial R&D in the EU-25 countries, IPTS and European Commission
(110.000€) (2004).
Contract
researcher, European Network on Research Mobility, (2000-2004).
Contract
researcher: Research Investment Policy Watch, Monitoring National
Policy Developments Related to the Barcelona Targets, IPTS and DG Enterprise,
2003.
Project
Manager/contract researcher: Flows of qualified researchers and scientists,
DG Research, (540.000€)(1999-2003).
International
Study on the Status of Women in Chemistry, Computer Science and Mathematics:
What We Know and What We Need To Know to Increase the Advancement of Women, Chapter 4: Knowledge and Data Sources,
funding by National Science Foundation (U.S.) and National Academy of Sciences
(U.S.) (forthcoming 2012/13).
Delanghe,
Muldur and Soete eds, European Science and Technology Policy, Towards
Integration or Fragmentation, The
European Research Area and Human Resources, pgs. 237-255, Edward Elgar
Publishing Inc., 2009.
Avveduto
S. and Hansen W.,Careers of Doctorate Holders — Building Comparability at
the International Level, Discussion Paper, OECD, 2005.
Hansen,
W., Overview of International Research Investment Policy: The case of Canada,
Working paper for IRIM, 2005.
Hansen,
W., Flows of Qualified European Scientists and Engineers to the United
States, report for Brain Drain Project, DG Research 2004.
Hansen
W., Striking a New Path for Measurement for Flows of European Scientists and
Engineers, DG Research, 2004.
Hansen
W., International Mobility of Scientists and Engineers — Some Issues and
Implications, October 2003, working paper for ENMOB, IPTS.
N.
Hazewindus, P. Ballon, M. Bogdanowicz, J.C. Burgleman, U. Joregensen, W.K.
Hansen, G.J. Nauwelaerts, A. Puissochet, P. Tang, T. Venables, The Impact of
Convergence on the Competitiveness of the European Consumer Electronics
Industry, IPTS, 2001.
Hansen
W., An Overview of the Transition of the Skill Base in Three ICT Industries,
Statistics Canada, 2000.
Hansen
W., An Analysis of Science and Technology Workers: Deployment in the
Canadian Economy, Statistics Canada, 2000.
Fred
D. Gault, Wendy Hansen, Knowledge Flows in the S&T System, D.A.
Dyker and S. Radosevic Editors, Innovation and Structural Change in
Post-Socialist Countries: A Quantitative Approach, pgs 411-417, Kluwer Academic
Publishers, The Netherlands, 1999.
Hansen
W., Linkages of S&T Indicator Development and Policy Requirements for an
S&T Framework, TACIS report, 1998.
Hansen
et al, CORDIS, An International Comparison, Internal report for DG
InfoSociety, 1998.
Linkages
of S&T Indicator Developments and Policy Requirements for an S&T
Framework, TACIS project, 1998.
A
Summary of S&T Statistics and Indicator Development in Russia, 1991 to 1998,
TACIS project, 1998.
Hansen
W. An Analysis of Policy Issues and User’s Needs for the Information
Infrastructure/Information Society, internal report, DG XIII, 1997.
Mozes,
Sciadas, Gault, Hansen, Motzney, Measuring the Global Information
Infrastructure for a Global Information Society — Concepts and Performance
Indicators, Industry Canada, Heritage Canada, Department of Finance,
Industry Canada, Ottawa, September 1996.