Science & Technology
Who Owns Our Low Carbon Future? Intellectual Property and Energy Technologies
This 77-page UK report argues that the diffusion of energy technologies is taking too long under business-as-usual practices
Climate Change & Environment, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2009-10-27
Do Science Parks Generate Regional Economic Growth? An Empirical Analysis of Their Effects on Job Growth and Venture Capital
This 20-page working paper casts doubt on the effectiveness of science parks in creating regional growth
Science & TechnologyPosted: 2004-03-16
Scientific Cooperation to Support Nuclear Arms Control and Disarmament
AAAS, Royal Society
A 9-page US-UK briefing paper explaining how the scientific community can help lay the foundation for future nuclear arms control, including the use of proposed disarmament laboratories to spur global cooperation on some of the technical and policy issues involved
Disarmament & Peacekeeping, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2010-03-24
Breakthrough Research
Academy of Finland
A 50-page Finnish report on funding for high-risk research
Science & TechnologyPosted: 2007-08-04
Methods for Evaluating the Impact of Basic Research Funding
Academy of Finland
A 98-page Finnish report analyzing recent international exercises evaluating the impact of basic research funding
Science & TechnologyPosted: 2006-07-22
Finnish Science in International Comparison
Academy of Finland
This 51-page bibliometric analysis provides an international comparison of research outputs and the scientific impacts, visibility and quality of research in Finland with EU25 and OECD countries
Science & TechnologyPosted: 2006-12-23
Energy Research in Finland 1999-2005
Academy of Finland
A 98-page evaluation of Finnish energy research by a panel of international experts
Energy, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2006-12-23
Re-Imagining Science Education: Engaging Students in Science for Australia's Future
ACER
An 88-page Australian report calling for major curriculum reform in Australian science education
Education, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2007-05-21
Future Directions in Technology-Enabled Crime 2007-09
AIC
This 166-page Australian report aims to identify the crime risks likely to arise in Australia over the period 2007-2009 in the information and communications technologies
Crime, Law & Order, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2007-09-24
Mobile and Wireless Technologies: Security and Risk Factors
AIC
A 6-page research document identifying the risk of infection involved with mobile and wireless technologies
Crime, Law & Order, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2007-01-08
Microbes and Man Research Programme 2003-2005 (MICMAN)
AKA
The 43-page evaluation of a Finnish-Swedish research programme conducted to improve knowledge and understanding of the interaction between host and microbes, and to apply this knowledge to the improvement of human health
Science & Technology, HealthPosted: 2007-02-13
What You Should Know About Nano
Ausralia Institute
This 36-page Australian paper aims to introduce and engage its audience in the experiment that is nanoscale sciences and technologies, particularly from the perspectives of consumer and environmental protection and occupational health and safety
Science & Technology, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2009-12-01
Smartphones Give You Wings: Pedagogical Affordance of Mobile Web 2.0
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology
This 14-page Australasian paper provides an overview of the potential of the integration of mobile Web 2.0 tools (based around smartphones) to facilitate social constructivist pedagogies and engage students in tertiary education
Education, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2010-06-07
International Approaches to Audiovisual Content Regulation: A Comparative Analysis of the Rgulatory Frameworks
Australian Communications and Media Authority
This 34-page Australian paper identifies and analyses current international approaches to content regulation in a converged and digital media and communications environment. In focusing on the current status of content regulation in selected jurisdictions
Science & Technology, Governance & PoliticsPosted: 2011-06-02
Predictive Risk Modelling in Health: Options for New Zealand and Australia
Australian Health Review
This Australian article reviews the current knowledge about predictive risk models (PRMs) and explores some of the issues surrounding the potential introduction of a PRM to a public health system
Health, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2011-08-08
Cloud Computing: Challenges and Future Directions
Australian Institute of Criminology
This 6-page Australian brief finds that cloud computing is now firmly established in the information technology landscape and its security risks need to be mapped and addressed at this critical stage in its development
Crime, Law & Order, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2010-11-09
Enabling Personalized Medicine through Health Information Technology: Advancing the Integration of Information
Brookings
This 21-page US paper outlines the challenges of enabling personalized medicine, as well as the policy and operational changes that would facilitate connectivity, integration, reimbursement reform, and analysis of information
Health, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2011-02-01
Economic and Policy Frameworks for Cybersecurity Risks
Brookings
This 24-page US paper offers three observations built around a framework of risk management to help focus the discussion on cybersecurity
Defence, Terrorism & Security, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2011-07-26
Unmanned Systems and Robotic Warfare
Brookings
A US house testimony on the state of unmanned weapons systems and robotic warfare and some of the key policy questions arising from this new domain.
Defence, Terrorism & Security, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2010-03-28
Promoting Opportunity and Growth Through Science, Technology and Innovation
Brookings Institution
This 20-page US paper underscores the value of investment in knowledge, innovation and technology as drivers of economic growth
Science & Technology, Economic PolicyPosted: 2006-12-12
New Partnerships for Growth Research in Africa: Launch Workshop Report
Brooklings
This 24-page US workshop report details discussions on how to strengthen the voice and deepen the policy impact of African research institutions, and how to increase collaboration among institutions to benefit Africa’s growth and development
International Development, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2010-07-15
Europe Should Stop Taxing Innovation
Bruegel Institute
An 8-page Belgian policy brief arguing that a key element to stimulate innovation and ultimately drive European growth would be to create the long-awaited single EU patent
Science & Technology, European UnionPosted: 2010-04-07
New Model for Best Practice Commercialisation Policy
Business Council of Australia and Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee
A 110-page report of a model designed to improve R&D returns and commercialisation policy of Australia's universities
Science & TechnologyPosted: 2004-08-10
Biopromise? Biotechnology, Sustainable Development and Canada's Future Economy
Canadian Biotechnology Advisory Committee
A 41-page report containing the findings of a working party identifying the opportunities and challenges for new biotechnology applications in the development of the Canadian economy and the contribution to be made to achieving sustainable development
Science & Technology, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2006-10-31
Toward a Canadian Action Agenda for Biotechnology
Canadian Biotechnology Advisory Committee
The 74-page report resulting from an examination of the Canadian Biotechnology Strategy
Science & Technology, HealthPosted: 2006-10-17
Open Government and e-Government: Democratic Challenges from a Public Value Perspective
Center for Technology in Government
This 9-page US paper considers open government (OG) within the context of egovernment and its broader implications for the future of public administration
Governance & Politics, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2011-07-13
Innovation, Technology Diffusion and Poverty Traps: The Role of Valuable Skills
Centre for Strategic Economic Studies
This 33-page Australian paper develops a new index of human capital that measures cognitive skills employed by the adult population in 70 nations during 1970-2003 and suggests that public policy pay more attention to the employability of skills
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Science & TechnologyPosted: 2010-07-30
R&D in Europe: Expenditures Across Sectors, Regions and Firm Sizes
CEPS
This 64-page study provides an in-depth comparative analysis of the structure of R&D in Europe.
European Union, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2009-02-19
The Contribution of Pharmaceutical Innovation to Longevity Growth in Germany and France
CESifo
This 45-page working paper investigates the contribution of pharmaceutical innovation to recent longevity growth in Germany and France
Health, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2010-07-15
Technological Imitation and Innovation in New European Union Markets
CESifo
This 33-page working paper analyzes the role of imitation and innovation in promoting technological progress in new members of European Union: the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. The two modes of technological development - innovation and imitation - are distinguished from one another by identifying the dominant orientation of innovation efforts at the industry level
European Union, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2010-05-13
International Energy R&D Spillovers and the Economics of Greenhouse Gas Atmospheric Stabilization
CESifo
This 30-page working paper explores how international knowledge flows affect the dynamics of domestic R&D sectors and the main economic and environmental variables
Energy, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2008-01-23
Cyberspace Governance: The Next Step
CFR
This 4-page US memorandum argues that by focusing on some of the norms of interstate cyberconflict, and on thresholds and legitimate targets in particular, the United States will be better able to begin shaping international cyberspace governance
Science & Technology, Governance & PoliticsPosted: 2011-03-21
Intellectual Property Rights and Climate Change: Principles for Innovation and Access to Low-Carbon Technology
CGDev
This 8-page note asserts that negotiators can harness the potential of intellectual property (IP) by creating “global access principles” for all UNFCCC-affiliated multilateral funds
Climate Change & Environment, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2010-01-10
Entrepreneurship Strategy and Policy in the U.S. and Japan: Push, Pull, Drag and Jump Factors in Emerging Life Science Regions
CGP
This paper offers an explanation of the factors underlying the regional clusterization in life sciences
Science & TechnologyPosted: 2007-01-26
Collaborating Across the Sectors
CHASS
This 179-page Ausralian occasional paper discusses how more interdisciplinary research projects may help provide solutions for major national and global problems
Science & TechnologyPosted: 2006-12-11
Cyber Security and the UK's Critical National Infrastructure
Chatham House
This 50-page UK paper attempts to provide a comprehensive account of the UK national cyberspace stakeholder environment that could provide the basis for the development of a national cyber security regime, culture or policy framework
Defence, Terrorism & Security, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2011-09-22
The Vulnerabilities of Developed States to Economic Cyber Warfare
Chatham House
This 15-page UK working paper considers whether states and societies should consider economic cyber warfare - aggressive economic action either from, or facilitated by cyber space - as a strategic problem
Defence, Terrorism & Security, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2011-06-24
Will the Human Disappear in Future Warfare?
Clingendael
An 8-page Dutch speech on the human role in future warfare, with special reference to developments in military robotics
Defence, Terrorism & Security, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2011-05-13
Annual Innovation Report 2006:lessons in Public-Private Research Collaboration
Conference Board of Canada
A 41-page Canadian report focusing on collaborative research projects between business and university or government researchers, and identifying the practices that underline successful collaborative projects as well as barriers to be overcome
Science & TechnologyPosted: 2006-06-13
Stem Cell Research
Congressional Research Services
This 42-page updated brief for the U.S. Congress covers a range of issues relating to stem cell research
Health, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2005-08-22
The Benefits of Social Networking services
Cooperative Research Centre for Young People, Technology and Wellbeing
This 29-page Australian report summarises current international evidence concerning the enabling effects of SNS in the context of young people's everyday lives
Families, Children & Youth, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2011-04-04
Is America Losing Its Edge?
Council on Foreign Relations
Commentary on the challenge to U.S. leadership in R&D from Asia
Science & TechnologyPosted: 2004-10-30
Cloud Culture: The Global Future of Cultural Relations
Counterpoint
This 87-page report argues that over the next ten years, the rise of cloud computing will not only accelerate the global battle for control of the digital landscape, but will almost certainly recast the very ways in which we exercise our creativity and forge relationships across the world’s cultures
Science & TechnologyPosted: 2010-04-14
Nanotechnology: A Policy Primer
CRS
A 15-page US backgrounder on the policy issues raised by nanotechnology development
Science & TechnologyPosted: 2008-06-12
Terrorist Use of the Internet: Information Operations in Cyberspace
CRS
A 19-page US report considering methods for countering terrorist and insurgent information operations on the Internet
Defence, Terrorism & Security, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2011-03-17
Science and Technology Policymaking: A Primer
CRS
A 48-page updated US paper on the use of scientific and technical knowledge and advice to assist in the framing of government policy
Science & Technology, Governance & PoliticsPosted: 2008-05-02
Geoengineering: Governance and Technology Policy
CRS
A 43-page US report considering governmental issues that may arise as a result of developments in geoengineering
Climate Change & Environment, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2010-09-26
Securing Cyberspace for the 44th Presidency
CSIS
A 96-page US report on cybersecurity
Defence, Terrorism & Security, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2009-12-29
Securing Cyberspace for the 44th Presidency
CSIS
This 96-page US report examines national and international aspects of ensuring cybersecurity
Science & Technology, Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2010-02-06
Services for Academic Libraries in the New Era
D-Lib Magazine
This paper documents the integration of Web 2.0 services into the working framework of advanced academic libraries worldwide
Education, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2011-07-20
Cyber Security: The Road Ahead
DCAF
This 54-page Swiss paper looks at the way cyber security problems are likely to develop, as well as at some of the ways they may best be tackled at the national and international level
Defence, Terrorism & Security, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2011-02-10
Australian Government Information Security Manual
Defense Signals Directorate - Australia
This 313-page manual is used for the risk managed protection of information and systems in Australia
Defence, Terrorism & Security, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2011-10-12
Investigation into Access to Electronic Media for the Hearing and Vision-impaired
Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
This 41-page Australian report sets out a number of actions government will pursue in relation to improving access to TV, Cinema, DVD and internet downloads for people who are hearing or vision impaired
Disability, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2010-12-09
Cloud Computing Strategic Direction Paper
Department of Finance and Deregulation - Australia
This 43-page Australian paper describes the whole of government policy position on cloud computing
Science & Technology, Governance & PoliticsPosted: 2011-02-21
Cloud Computing Strategic Decision Paper - Opportunities and Applicability for Use by the Australian Government
Department of Finance and Deregulation - Australia
This 45-page paper outlines the Australian government's cloud computing initiative, the challenges and the benefits of its introduction
Science & TechnologyPosted: 2011-09-28
Focusing Australia's Publicly Funded Research Review
Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
This 86-page report examines the nature and utility of Australia's publicly funded research arrangements, with a particular focus on priority-setting
Science & TechnologyPosted: 2011-11-17
ICT and Transformative Education Policy
DERN
A 9-page Australian paper on the effects of ICT on education policy
Education, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2011-06-02
Research Communications Costs in Australia: Emerging Opportunities and Benefits
DEST
This 156-page Australian report draws on international and local experience to provide a cost-benefit analysis of existing and emerging alternatives for scholarly communication
Science & TechnologyPosted: 2006-10-09
Economic Impact Study of the CRC Programme
DEST-Australia
This 79-page report consideres the economic, environmental and social impacts of Australia's Cooperative Research Centre Programme
Science & TechnologyPosted: 2006-10-24
Intellectual Property Rights and Innovation Around the World: Evidence from Panel Data
DIW
A 35-page German discussion paper examining the determinants of innovation and the role of intellectual property rights in industrialized and developing countries
Science & TechnologyPosted: 2007-07-02
Blended Learning: The Best of Both Worlds
Donnell-Kay Foundation
This 28-page US report examines today's digital and online offerings for public school students in Colorado, and discusses the importance of implementing a shift to a blended model of learning that combines face to face, online and digital learning
Education, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2011-03-03
What Determines Technological Spillovers of Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence from China
Economic Growth Center
A 22-page discussion paper examining whether the presence of foreign firms produces technology spillovers on domestic firms operating in the same city and industry
Globalisation & International Trade, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2006-06-08
Leading the Higher Education IT Organization: Six Building Blocks of Success
EDUCAUSE Review
This article highlights several core technology issues and challenges that need to be addressed by IT leaders in higher education
Education, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2011-07-13
Impact of Public R&D Financing on Employment
ENEPRI
This 21-page working paper studies how public R&D financing impacts the labour demand of companies
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Science & TechnologyPosted: 2005-08-23
Knowledge Capital as the Source of Growth
ENEPRI
Thsi 23-page paper examines the role of knowledge agglomeration in productivity growth in Finland
Science & Technology, EducationPosted: 2006-04-14
Environment Canada's Science Plan
Environment Canada
A 33-page document setting out a 10-year strategy for managing and conducting Environment Canada's science.
Climate Change & Environment, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2007-04-24
Excellence in Central Europe: An Impressive Restructuring
European Commission
An article examining the state of R&D in the Czech Republic and Hungary
Science & Technology, European UnionPosted: 2004-06-10
Working Towards Rules for Governing Cyber Conflict
EWI
This 60-page Russia-US report explores how to extend the humanitarian principles that govern war to cyberspace
Defence, Terrorism & Security, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2011-02-09
Reading Revolutions: Online Digital Text and Implications for Reading in Academe
First Monday
This Australian essay examines literature from a variety of disciplines on the technological, social, behavioural, and neuroscientific impacts that the Internet is having on the practice of reading
Education, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2011-06-08
China's Secret Weapon? Science Policy and Global Power
Foreign Policy Centre
This 64-page UK report investigates China's fast-growing investment in technology
Science & Technology, Economic PolicyPosted: 2006-04-14
Cry 'Stuxnet' and Let Slip the Dogs of War?' The Potentially Deadly Viruses of Cyber Warfare
FPRI
A US essay on the current use of cyber warfare
Defence, Terrorism & Security, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2010-11-27
War and Technology
FPRI
A US essay examining the relationship between military conflict and technology
Defence, Terrorism & Security, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2009-02-20
Innovation in China's Energy Sector
FSI
A 46-page working paper examining the performance of China's national system of innovation in the energy sector
Energy, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2007-04-22
Advanced Energy Technologies to Meet Future Needs
GAO
This 73-page report to the US Congress offers recommendations for stimulating development and deployment of a diversified energy portfolio
Energy, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2007-01-22
Cloning: A Policy Analysis
Genetics and Public Policy Center
A 76-page U.S. analysis of the science of cloning (including stem cell research), arguments involved in the cloning debate, and government policies in the U.S. and internationally
Science & TechnologyPosted: 2005-05-25
Endogenous Acceleration of Technological Change
German Institute for Economic Research
This 35-page German study examines the effects of early adoption of technological change by companies
Science & TechnologyPosted: 2006-03-21
Does Qualification Drive Innovation?
Halle Institute
A 27-page German paper examining the role of formal education and actual occupation in product innovation performance in manufacturing firms
Science & Technology, EducationPosted: 2007-09-25
The Race to the Top
HM Treasury - UK
This 192-page review examines the role of science and innovation in ensuring that the UK remains competitive in an increasingly global economy
Science & TechnologyPosted: 2007-10-11
War 2.0
Hoover Institution
A US article discussing the interaction between war and new technology
Defence, Terrorism & Security, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2007-02-27
Future Schools: Blending Face-to-Face and Online Learning
Hoover Institution
A US report on how schools implementing blended, or “hybrid,” instructional methods — which integrate traditional face-to-face teaching with greater use of online instruction — are pointing the way toward more effective and efficient school models
Education, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2011-03-15
Mapping Privacy Protection in the Digital World
House of Commons Canada
A 49-page Canadian report on the privacy implications of street-level imaging applications
Personal Privacy, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2011-02-17
Novel Technologies for the Detection of Undeclared Nuclear Activities
IAEA
A 7-page paper introducing an IAEA project for the detection of undeclared nuclear activities
Defence, Terrorism & Security, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2007-03-15
Technological Capability as a Determinant of FDI Flows: Evidence from Developing Asia and India
ICRIER
A 37-page Indian working paper attempting to explain the country-by-country variations in the pattern of FDI flows to developing Asian countries by identifying location-specific features influencing such flows
Science & Technology, Globalisation & International TradePosted: 2007-07-02
Measuring the Economic Impacts of Transgenic Crops in Developing Agriculture during the First Decade
IFPRI
This 125-page review examines whether biotech crops can benefit poor farmers
International Development, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2009-06-04
Developing Research in Russian Universities
IFRI
This 25-page French article addresses the key features and the state of research in Russian higher education establishments. It examines measures taken to support research in universities and to integrate R&D with higher education since the fall of the Soviet Union
Education, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2011-03-08
The Role of Information Technology in Creating New Kinds of American High Schools
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
This 15-page US paper discusses why the existing school reform movement has stalled and how information technology (including computers, software and communications) can enable the emergence of fundamentally new kinds of schools
Education, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2009-08-11
Job Mobility Along the Technological Ladder: A Case Study of Australia
Institute for the Study of Labor
A 40-page discussion paper, based on Australian experience, investigating how technological change affects labour flows
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Science & TechnologyPosted: 2004-06-07
Challenges of Hungarian Science Policy: The Evolution of a Knowledge-Based Economy and Society
Institute for World Economics - Hungarian Academy of Science
A 29-page working paper examining how Hungary has been affected by transition to a market economy and to a knowledge-based economy and society
Science & TechnologyPosted: 2004-07-01
Winner-Takes-All Contention of Innovation Under Globalization: A Simulation Analysis and East Asia's Empirics
Institute of Developing Economies
A 29-page Japanese discussion paper examining how innovation enhances export competitiveness
Science & Technology, Globalisation & International TradePosted: 2006-03-23
IPR Institutions and Internationalization Strategy: The Case of US Technology Sales to the Peoples' Republic of China
Institute of World Economics and Politics
A Chinese paper discussing the interaction of technology transfer and economic growth
Science & Technology, Economic PolicyPosted: 2006-04-19
Realising the Promise and Potential of African Agriculture
InterAcademy Council
A report addressing the question of how science and technology can be mobilised to boost agricultural productivity, profitability and sustainability in Africa ( page containing links to downloads)
International Development, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2004-07-04
Nuclear Technology Review - 2004
International Atomic Energy Agency
A 20-page IAEA report providing a global perspective on nuclear technologies for power and non-power applications
Science & TechnologyPosted: 2004-08-17
Nuclear Technology Review 2006
International Atomic Energy Agency
This 27-page report highlights notable developments in nuclear technology during 2005
Science & TechnologyPosted: 2006-08-17
In Pursuit of the Future
International Energy Agency
A 137-page report reviewing R&D into the potential of hydrogen as an energy source
Science & Technology, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2004-10-06
Civil Society Report on Intellectual Property, Innovation and Health
International Policy Network
This 78-page report analyzes the relationship between intellectual property, innovation and health, with special reference to the health of populations in developing countries
Health, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2006-07-07
Method in Our Madness: Making Sense of Ecoregional Research with Modelling Tools and Processes
International Service for National Agricultural Research
This 68-page report (downloadable by section) advocates improving the outcome of public-sector agricultural research with the use of modelling tools and processes
Science & TechnologyPosted: 2004-02-23
Enhancing the Impact of Agricultural Research: An Impact Pathway Perspective
International Service for National Agricultural Research
This 8-page briefing paper proposes a new approach to impact evaluation in respect of agricultural research
Science & TechnologyPosted: 2004-02-23
Back to Basics: Why Government Funding of Science is a Waste of Our Money
IPA
This 19-page Australian paper argues that the standard economic analysis supporting public expenditure on research is fundamentally flawed
Science & TechnologyPosted: 2006-11-08
Scientific Change and the Security Environment: Biotechnology and security to 2025
IPPR
An 11-page UK essay looking at the security implications of developments in the life and associated sciences
Defence, Terrorism & Security, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2010-03-16
Public Innovation: Intellectual Property in a Digital Age
IPPR
A 104-page UK report giving an overview of the arguments and evidence that underpin intellectual property rights and the development of IPR policy
Science & TechnologyPosted: 2006-10-31