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Education,
Training and Research Institutions in Science and Technology
| Fraunhofer
Institute for Systems Technology and Innovation Research |
The Fraunhofer Institute for Systems
Technology and Innovation Research points to opportunities, risks
and barriers inherent in technological developments by means of its
research and consultation activities. For this purpose, interdisciplinary
methods of analysis, evaluation and foresight are applied.
http://www.isi.fhg.de
| Maastricht
Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology |
The Maastricht Economic Research
Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) is a university
research institute that focuses on the economics of technological
change and innovation.
http://meritbbs.unimaas.nl
| University
of Manchester's Policy Research in Engineering, Science and
Technology |
The University of Manchester's
Policy Research in Engineering, Science and Technology (PREST)
provides impartial and authoritative analysis and information to decision-makers
concerned with the economic, political and social implications of
science and technology. It undertakes research and advisory work on
various aspects of science and technology policy and strategy, and
provides research training through postgraduate degrees and topic-oriented
courses.
http://les1.man.ac.uk/prest
| Studies
in Technology, Innovation and Economic Policy |
Studies in Technology, Innovation and Economic Policy (STEP) supports
policy-makers with research on all aspects of innovation and technological
change, with particular emphasis on the relationships between innovation,
economic growth and the social context. The research of the STEP
group centers on historical, economic, social and organisational issues
relevant for broad fields of innovation policy and economic growth.
http://www.step.no
| United
Nations University's Institute of Advanced Studies |
United Nations University's Institute of Advanced Studies is a
vigorous academic community of scholars dedicated to research and
learning at the frontiers of knowledge. It aims to foster multidisciplinary
approaches and creative solutions to major concerns arising out of
the interactions of societal and natural systems.
http://www.ias.unu.edu
| George
Washington University's Center for International Science and
Technology Policy |
George Washington University's Center for International Science and
Technology Policy (CISTP) offers research, graduate study, and
informed discussion related to issues of science, technology, and
public policy. The Center also carries out research projects for a
variety of government and non-government sponsors, organizes seminars
and symposia on significant science and technology issues, and hosts
visitors from other parts of the United States and overseas.
http://www.hfni.gsehd.gwu.edu/~cistp
| Simon
Fraser University's Center for Policy Research on Science and
Technology |
Simon Fraser University's Center for Policy Research on Science and
Technology (CPROST) engages in research on the relationship between
public policy and technology. The Centre brings together practitioners
and scholars to study the interaction of advances in science and technology,
their implemetation in the marketplace, and their impacts on community
and individual interests.
http://www.sfu.ca/cprost
| University
of Waterloo Institute for Innovation Research |
The University of
Waterloo Institute for Innovation Research (IIR) offers a program
that is intended to encourage study, teaching and training on how
technological change and entrepreneurship should be understood, managed
and facilitated.
http://iir1.uwaterloo.ca/iir/iir.html
| McMaster
University's Management of Innovation and New Technology Research
Center |
McMaster University's Management of Innovation and New Technology
Research Center (MINT) aims to achieve and maintain pre-eminence
as the world's foremost think tank in the field of innovation research,
to provide a full-service consulting practice and clearing house for
organizations who are interested in improving (or maintaining) their
innovativeness and to establish an environment that will nurture a
cadre of business leaders who can identify innovation-related issues
and problem solve in an environment characterized by ongoing technological
change.
http://mint.mcmaster.ca
| Massachusetts
Institute of Technology |
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT) is committed to generating, disseminating, and preserving knowledge,
and to working with others to bring this knowledge to bear on the
world's great challenges. The mission of the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology is to advance knowledge and educate students in science,
technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the
nation and the world in the 21st century.
http://web.mit.edu
- MIT's International
Center for Research on the Management of Technology (ICRMOT)
directs its research at the increasingly critical technology areas
of firms. It also expanded the functional scope of the research
to include marketing, production/operations, and corporate strategy,
and the geographic scope of the research to look at technology
management in a fully global context developed a working partnership
with leading technology intensive firms in the U.S., Europe, and
Asia.
http://web.mit.edu/icrmot/www
- MIT's Global
System for Sustainable Development (GSSD) is an adaptive and
evolving global knowledge system dedicated to sustainable development
based on distributed networking principles and practices. The
major objective is to explore innovative responses to sustainability
challenges - at all levels of development, in all parts of the
world - and to involve a wide range of public and private stakeholder
communities in this process.
http://gssd.mit.edu/Gssd/gssd.nsf?Open
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