Peter Healey

John Ziman

Susan E. Cozzens

Arie Rip

On a mountainside in sunny Tuscany, in October 1989, 96 people from 23 countries on five continents gathered to learn and teach about the problems of managing contemporary science. The diversity of economic and political systems represented in the group was matched by our occupations, which stretched from science policy practitioners, through research scientists and engineers, through academic observers of science and science policy. It was this diversity, along with the opportunities for infonnal discussion provided by long meals and remote location, that made the conference a special learning experience. Except at lecture time, it was impossible to distinguish the "students" at this event from the "teachers," and even the most senior members of the teaching staff went away with a sense that they had learned more from this group than from many a standard conference on science policy they had attended. The flavor of the conference experience cannot be captured adequately in a proceedings volume, and so we have not tried to create a historical record in this book. Instead, we have attempted to illustrate the core problems the panicipants at the conference shared, discussed, and debated, using both lectures delivered by the fonnal teaching staff and summaries of panel discussions, which extended to other panicipants and therefore increased the range of experiences reponed.

The Research System in Transition

Andrew Webster

Henry Etzkowitz

Examines current trends toward increasing links between industry and academia and the resulting commercialization of universities as they seek to capitalize their research.

New Intersections of Industry and Academia

Capitalizing Knowledge

Steve Rayner

First Published in 2008. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Challenges of Engineering Tomorrow's People

Unnatural Selection

Peter Healey

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