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This Guide Can Be Ordered: DGXII-F/4 TSER Central Office SDME 4/15 200 Rue De La Loi B-1040 Brussels, Belgium Fax + 32-2-296 21 37 The European Guide to Science, Technology, and Innovation Studies Item Type Technical Report Authors Wouters, Paul; Annerstedt, Jan; Leydesdorff, Loet Citation The European Guide to Science, Technology, and Innovation Studies 1998, Download date 27/09/2021 16:39:16 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10150/105625 This Guide can be ordered: DGXII-F/4 TSER Central Office SDME 4/15 200 Rue de la Loi B-1040 Brussels, Belgium fax + 32-2-296 21 37 1 2 The European Guide to Science, Technology, and Innovation Studies This project is funded by the Targeted Socio-economic Research Programme TSER, Directorate-General XII, European Commission, Brussels, Contract no. SOE1-CT97-1041. Paul Wouters, Jan Annerstedt, Loet Leydesdorff Editorial Committee: Jacques de Bandt, Paolo Saviotti, Knut Sørensen Ger Wackers, Sally Wyatt Networks: NECSTS, ESST, EASST 29 April 1998; updated 10 January 1999 2 Contents How to use this guide i 1 Why STI? Introducing new perspectives on science, technology, and innovation 1 1.1 Participating in the future . 1 1.2 Lifelong learning . 2 1.3 Innovation and tradition . 3 1.4 Opening up science, technology, and innovation . 3 1.5 Studying STI . 4 1.6 Communicating about science, technology or innovation . 5 1.7 Teaching science, technology or innovation . 6 1.8 Making use of STI . 7 1.9 Making decision about science, technology or innovation . 8 2 The map of STI Education 11 3 Institutional information 13 3.1 Austria . 13 3.1.1 Institute for Philosophy and Social Studies of Science, Vienna 13 3.1.2 International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg 15 3.2 Belgium . 16 3.2.1 Centre for Environmental Economics and Environmental Management, Gand 16 3.2.2 Centre for Economic and Social Studies on the Environment, Brussels 17 3.2.3 Centre for Intellectual Property Rights, Leuven . 17 3.2.4 Cellule Interfacultaire de Technology Assessment, Namur . 19 3.2.5 Centre de Recherches Informatique et Droit, Namur . 21 3.2.6 Law and Management in Communication and Information Technologies, Namur 22 3.2.7 Department of Sciences, Philosophies, Societies, Namur . 23 3.2.8 Interdisciplinary Centre for Law and Information Technology, Leuven 25 3.2.9 Studies on Media, Information and Telecommunication, Brussels 26 3.2.10 Flanders Technology Foundation, Brussels . 28 3.2.11 ESST at UCL, Louvain . 29 3.2.12 LENTIC, Liege . 29 3.2.13 Flemish Institute for Technological Research . 30 3.3 Denmark . 31 3 3.3.1 IKE, Department of Business Studies, Aalborg . 31 3.3.2 DRUID, Copenhagen . 34 3.3.3 Department of Industrial Economics and Strategy, Copenhagen 36 3.3.4 Department of Social Studies, Roskilde University Center, Roskilde 38 3.3.5 Department of Environment, technology, and Social Studies, Roskilde University Center, Roskilde 40 3.4 Finland . 42 3.4.1 Group for Technology Studies, Helsinki . 42 3.5 France . 44 3.5.1 Bureau d’Economie Theorique´ et Appliquee,´ Strassbourg . 44 3.5.2 Centre of Science, Technology and Society, CNAM, Paris . 45 3.5.3 Scientific Management Centre, Paris . 47 3.5.4 Centre de Sociologie de l’Innovation, Paris . 49 3.5.5 CRRM, Marseille . 50 3.5.6 Groupe d’Etude et de Recherche sur la Science, Strasbourg . 52 3.5.7 Institut de Droit et Economie de la Firme, Valbonne . 54 3.5.8 Economics and sociology of R&D, Grenoble . 56 3.5.9 Institut de Recherche sur les Fondements et les Enjeux des Sciences et des Techniques, Strasbourg 58 3.6 Germany . 59 3.6.1 Europaische¨ Akademie zur Erforschung von Folgen wissenschaftlich-technischer Entwicklungen 59 3.6.2 Institute for Systems and Innovation Research, Karlsruhe . 59 3.6.3 Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis, Karlsruhe 61 3.6.4 Institute for Science and Technology Studies, Bielefeld . 62 3.6.5 Institut fur¨ Soziologie Munich, Munich . 64 3.6.6 Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne . 67 3.6.7 Postgraduate Programme Renewable Energies, Oldenburg . 69 3.6.8 Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, Berlin . 71 3.6.9 Centre for Technology and Society, TU Berlin, Berlin . 73 3.7 Greece . 75 3.7.1 Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Athens . 75 3.7.2 Department of Mathematics, University of Patras . 75 3.8 Hungary . 76 3.8.1 Department of Philosophy and History of Science, Technical University of Budapest, Budapest 76 3.9 Ireland . 77 3.9.1 Technological Innovation, Dublin . 77 3.10 Italy . 78 3.10.1 Italian National Agency for New Technology, Energy and the Environment 78 3.10.2 International Centre for Science & High Technology, Trieste . 79 3.10.3 Istituto di Ricerca sulla Dinamica dei Sistemi Economici, Milan 80 3.10.4 Institute and Museum of History of Science, Florence . 81 3.11 The Netherlands . 81 3.11.1 Belle van Zuylen Institute, Amsterdam . 81 3.11.2 Cultural and science studies, Maastricht . 82 3.11.3 Center for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden . 85 3.11.4 MERIT, Maastricht . 86 3.11.5 newMetropolis in Amsterdam . 87 3.11.6 Theory and History of Psychology, University of Groningen, Groningen 88 4 3.11.7 TNO Centre for Technology and Policy Studies, Apeldoorn . 89 3.11.8 Department of Technology and Society Studies, Maastricht . 90 3.11.9 Science and Technology Dynamics, Amsterdam . 93 3.11.10 The Netherlands Graduate School of Science, Technology and Modern Culture (WTMC) 95 3.11.11 Centre for Studies of Science, Technology and Society, Twente 97 3.12 Norway . 100 3.12.1 ESST at the University of Oslo, Oslo . 100 3.12.2 Norwegian Institute for Studies in Research and Higher Education, Oslo102 3.12.3 Studies in Technology, Innovation, and Economic Policy, Oslo 104 3.12.4 Centre for Technology and Culture, Oslo . 106 3.12.5 Centre for Technology and Society, Trondheim . 106 3.13 Portugal . 108 3.13.1 Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Porto . 108 3.13.2 Higher Institute of Labour and Business Studies, Lisbon . 108 3.13.3 Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestao,˜ Lisbon . 110 3.14 Russia . 111 3.14.1 Centre for Science Research and Statistics, Moscow . 111 3.15 Spain . 112 3.15.1 University of the Basque Country, Bilbao . 112 3.15.2 Centre for Scientific Information and Documentation, Madrid 113 3.15.3 Research Unit on Science and Technology Policy, Madrid . 115 3.15.4 Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, Sevilla . 117 3.15.5 IADE, Universidad Autonoma´ de Madrid, Madrid . 119 3.16 Sweden . 124 3.16.1 Nordic Center for Innovation in Lund . 124 3.16.2 Section of Science and Technology Studies, Gothenburg . 127 3.16.3 Department of Technology and Social Change, Linkoping¨ . 128 3.17 Switzerland . 130 3.17.1 Center for Technology and Management, Zurich¨ . 130 3.17.2 Center for Management of Technology, Lausanne . 132 3.17.3 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne . 134 3.18 United Kingdom . 135 3.18.1 Science Studies Centre, Bath . 135 3.18.2 Management School Edinburgh, Edinburgh . 137 3.18.3 Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, Manchester140 3.18.4 Centre for the Philosophy of the Natural and Social Sciences, London144 3.18.5 Centre for Research in Innovation and Competition, Manchester 145 3.18.6 Centre for Research into Innovation, Culture and Technology, Uxbridge147 3.18.7 Centre for Research in Information Management, London . 149 3.18.8 Centre for Complexity and Change, Milton Keynes . 151 3.18.9 Centre for Science Studies and Science Policy, Lancaster . 153 3.18.10 Centre for Social Theory and Technology, Keele . 156 3.18.11 Graduate Research Centre in Culture and Communication, Brighton158 3.18.12 Department of Innovation Studies, London . 161 3.18.13 Department of Sociology and Social Policy, Durham . 163 3.18.14 Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, London164 5 3.18.15 History and Philosophy of Science, Leeds . 165 3.18.16 London Centre for the History of Science, Medicine and Technology, London167 3.18.17 Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough University, Leicestershire170 3.18.18 Manchester Business School, Manchester . 172 3.18.19 PREST, Manchester . 173 3.18.20 Science and Technology Studies Unit, Cambridge . 177 3.18.21 Science Studies, Edinburgh . 179 3.18.22 SPRU - Science and Technology Policy Research, Brighton . 181 3.18.23 Science Policy Support Group, London . 185 3.18.24 Department of Science & Technology Studies, UCL, London . 186 3.18.25 Manchester School of Management, Manchester . 190 3.18.26 Science, Society and the Media, Bristol . 192 3.18.27 Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London . 193 3.19 Northern Ireland . 194 3.19.1 History and Philosophy of Science, Belfast . 194 3.19.2 Northern Ireland Technology Centre, Belfast . 195 3.20 Ukraine . 196 3.20.1 Centre for S&T Potential and Science History Studies, Kiev . 196 4 Science, Technology, and Innovation Studies: Designing the Future? 199 4.1 The new techno-culture: Will it be more participatory? . 200 4.1.1 Towards a virtual society? . 200 4.1.2 New media, new rules? . 202 4.1.3 Local versus global cultures? . 203 4.1.4 Which future for democracy? . 206 4.2 Innovation: Where is the new dynamics? . 207 4.2.1 Europe an information society? . 207 4.2.2 The service sector — a new global player? . 210 4.2.3 Moving to a mobile world? . 211 4.2.4 Managing innovation: how can it be done? . 213 4.2.5 A job for everyone? . 215 4.3 Shaping technology — Shaping society? .
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