European Union Research Policy: Contested Origins

ISBN-13: 9783030413941 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 282 str.

Veera Eliisa Mitzner

Recenzje

"Based on extensive archival research, Mitzner's book understandably gives priority to the three powerhouses of European science (France, Germany, and the UK) ... . Elegantly written and clearly structured, Mitzner's book is fundamental reading for all those interested in science diplomacy and in the history of European integration." (Francesco Cassata, ARO - Annali Rezensionen Online, Issue 6, January, 2023)

Spis treści

Part 1

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Research for Growth: The Ideational Foundations of Research Policy in Post-war Europe

Chapter 3: A Common Research Policy? Launching the Debate

Chapter 4: Euratom: The Troubles Forerunner of Community Research Policy

Part 2

Chapter 5: The Years of Questioning

Chapter 6: COST-Distraction or Progress?

Chapter 7: Contrasting Visions and Continuing Struggle

Part 3

Chapter 8: The Return of the Gap

Chapter 9: Research Policy: A Trailblazer for Institutional Change

Chapter 10: Conclusion and Further Thoughts

O autorze

Veera Mitzner is the Future Earth Network Lead at the Sustainability Innovation Lab at Colorado, the University of Colorado Boulder, USA, where she designs and leads global efforts to strengthen sustainability science and knowledge-based decision-making. She holds a PhD in History and Civilization from the European University Institute, Italy.

Blurb

This book describes the emergence of research policy as a key competence of the European Union (EU). It shows how the European Community (EC, the predecessor of the EU), which initially had very limited legal competence in the field, progressively developed a solid policy framework presenting science and research as indispensable tools for European economic competitiveness and growth. This book conveys the contested history of one of the EU’s most successful policies. It is a story of struggle and frustration but also of a great institutional and intellectual continuity. The ideational edifice for the EC/EU research policy that was put in place during the 1960s and 1970s proved remarkably robust. Its durability enabled the rapid take-off of the European Commission’s initiatives in the more favorable political atmosphere of the early 1980s and the subsequent expansion of the EU research funding instruments and programs that permanently transformed the European research landscape.

Veera Mitzner is the Future Earth Network Lead at the Sustainability Innovation Lab at Colorado, the University of Colorado Boulder, USA