European Science and Technology Policy: Towards Integration or Fragmentation? - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1849800251 ISBN 13: 9781849800259

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

This innovative book focuses on the most important concept underpinning current European Union research policy. It describes the history and concept of the European Research Area (ERA), analyses some of the underlying assumptions, assesses some of its achievements, and takes a brief look at its future.

European Science and Technology Policy deals with the notion of the ERA, a coordinated and effective European Research Area, the successful achievement of which is the main objective of EU research policy under the Lisbon Treaty. The book demonstrates that almost ten years after the formal launch of the ERA concept, little top-down progress seems to have been made in terms of achieving better governance of the European research landscape. However, tangible bottom-up progress has been made towards harmonizing research beyond the existing uncoordinated national, intergovernmental and supranational policy schemes.

Given the current ongoing ERA debate, this timely publication will be an invaluable tool for technology and innovation policymakers and practitioners in Europe. It will also appeal to scholars and students in the fields of science, technology and innovation.

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About the Author

Edited by Henri Delanghe, PhD, European Commission, Belgium, Ugur Muldur, PhD, European Commission, Belgium and Luc Soete, Emeritus Professor of Economics, UNU-MERIT, School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University, the Netherlands

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1849800251
• ISBN 13: 9781849800259
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 392
• Editor: Delanghe Henri, Muldur Ugur, Soete Luc