This book develops foresight techniques to turn future societal challenges into opportunities. This book is a valuable resource for researchers and scholars with an interest in foresight methods and gives practical hints for policy makers and managers to take account of the grand opportunities in their business and policy strategies.
This book develops foresight techniques to turn future societal challenges into opportunities. This book is a valuable resource for researchers and sc...
This book provides an in-depth analysis of the demand for PhDs on the labor markets of twelve countries. To provide a more comprehensive picture of the employment patterns, career paths and mobility of PhDs in selected countries, the book analyzes various data sources such as labor force surveys and censuses.
This book provides an in-depth analysis of the demand for PhDs on the labor markets of twelve countries. To provide a more comprehensive picture of th...
Decision-makers at all levels are being confronted with novel complexities and uncertainties and face long-term challenges which require foresight about long-term future prospects, assumptions, and strategies. This book explores how foresight studies can be systematically undertaken and used in this context. It explicates why and how methods like horizon scanning, scenario planning, and roadmapping should be applied when dealing with high levels of uncertainty. The scope of the book moves beyond narrow technology foresight, towards addressing systemic interrelations between social,...
Decision-makers at all levels are being confronted with novel complexities and uncertainties and face long-term challenges which require foresight abo...
This book examines in depth science diplomacy, a particular field of international relations, in which the interests of science and those of foreign policy intersect. Building on a wealth of examples drawn from history and contemporary international relations, it analyzes and discusses the links between the world of scientists and that of diplomats.
Written by a professor of economics and former Embassy counselor for science and technology, the book sets out to answer the following questions: Can science issues affect diplomatic relations between countries? Is international...
This book examines in depth science diplomacy, a particular field of international relations, in which the interests of science and those of foreig...
This book investigates the interrelationship between educational reforms and pedagogical and technological innovations, as well as the implications of this relationship for the quality of human capital. By analyzing recent educational reforms in Russia and the US, the authors shed new light on how these reforms may help or hinder innovations, such as the introduction of computer technologies into classrooms, new methods of teacher evaluation, constructivist teaching methods, and governance in public schools.
Taking labor economics as a useful lens for conceptualizing the...
This book investigates the interrelationship between educational reforms and pedagogical and technological innovations, as well as the implications...
The book explores different approaches towards the 'entrepreneurial university' paradigm, explores channels and mechanism used by universities to implement the paradigm and contributes to the public discussion on the impact of commercialization on university research and knowledge. It argues that different types of university-industry interaction may have repercussions even on funding of basic research if an appropriate balance is ensured between the two. University activities - both research and education in all forms - should provide economic and social relevance directed towards...
The book explores different approaches towards the 'entrepreneurial university' paradigm, explores channels and mechanism used by universit...
