Exploring Young People's Views on Science Education

Wellcome Trust, NFER

This 68-page UK report aims to provide a deeper understanding of young people’s attitudes to science education, particularly regarding the value young people place on science education (for themselves as individuals and for society in general), as well as the key factors determining their continued engagement with formal and informal science education

Education, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2011-11-03

Failure to Yield: Evaluating the Performance of Genetically Engineered Crops

UCS

A US report challenging industry claims that GE crops will help the world feed itself by producing higher crop yields

Science & TechnologyPosted: 2009-05-01

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

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

Assessing the effects of ICT in education

OECD

A 217-page report of an expert meeting held to study the benchmarking of technology use and effects in education

Education, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2010-08-04

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

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

Benefits to the Private Sector of Open Access to Higher Education and Scholarly Research

JISC

This 52-page UK report examines how ‘Open Access’ publication may provide greater potential to stimulate impacts from higher education research and scholarly study and in particular for innovation and upstream technology transfer

Science & Technology, EducationPosted: 2011-11-10

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

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

Breakthrough Research

Academy of Finland

A 50-page Finnish report on funding for high-risk research

Science & TechnologyPosted: 2007-08-04

Broadband Internet: An Information Superhighway to Sex Crime?

IZA

This 44-page discussion paper investigates whether internet use triggers sex crime

Crime, Law & Order, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2011-05-18

Building for the Future

SSI

A 74-page US report assessing the progress of China's space programme

Defence, Terrorism & Security, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2008-04-12

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

Change Begets Change: Employment Effects of Technological and Non-Technological Innovations – a Comparison across Countries

wiiw

This 23-page Austrian working paper attempts to shed new light on the effect innovation has on employment. Specifically, it identifies the net employment effects of technological product and process innovations as well as complementary non-technological organizational innovations which have so far mostly been bypassed in comparable analyses

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Science & TechnologyPosted: 2011-02-21

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

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

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

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

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: 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

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

Collaborate to Compete: Seizing the Opportunity of Online Learning for UK Higher Education

Online Learning Task Force

This 45-page UK study concludes that universities and colleges need to make online learning a central part of organisational strategies if they are to meet rapidly changing student demands and stay competitive in the global higher education (HE) market

Education, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2011-02-17

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

Committing to Vaccine R&D: A Global Science Policy Priority

Science and Technology Policy Research

A 37-page working paper examining the reasons for under-investment in vaccine R&D and offering a range of policy options

Health, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2004-06-01

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

Cyber Crime 2.0 versus the Twittering classes

Parliamentary Library - Australia

This Australian background paper contends that the hype surrounding the steep rise in social networking site use has masked the reality of a corresponding rise in online fraud and crime

Crime, Law & Order, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2010-03-20

Cyber Infrastructure Protection

SSI

This 324-page US book provides an integrated view and a comprehensive framework of the various issues relating to cyber infrastructure protection

Defence, Terrorism & Security, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2011-06-03

Cyber Infrastructure Protection

SSI

This 324-page US book provides an integrated view and a comprehensive framework of the various issues relating to cyber infrastructure protection

Defence, Terrorism & Security, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2011-05-17

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

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

Cyberdeterrence and Cyberwar

Rand Corporation

A 238-page US monograph examining the use and limits of power in cyberspace

Defence, Terrorism & Security, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2009-10-15

Cybersecurity and Intelligence: The U.S. Approach

Library of Parliament - Canada

A 6-page revised Canadian background paper on cybersecurity strategies

Defence, Terrorism & Security, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2011-07-21

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

Designing for Learning: Online Social Networks as a Classroom Environment

The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

A 26-page Australian article investigating the use of online social media as a learning environment

Education, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2011-12-02

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

Do Innovation Policies Call for Tax Incentives?

SITRA

A short Finnish article reviewing the use of tax incentives to stimulate innovation in industrialised countries

Science & TechnologyPosted: 2007-04-23

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

Does Internationalisation of Technology Determine Technological Diversification in Large Firms?

Science and Technology Policy Research

A 20-page working paper examining the relationship between technological diversification and internationalisation of technology for large multinational firms operating at the world technological frontier

Science & Technology, Globalisation & International TradePosted: 2005-01-26

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

Econometric Modelling of R&D and Australian Productivity

Productivity Commission - Australia

This 595-page Australian working paper studies the relationship between R&D and productivity

Science & Technology, Economic PolicyPosted: 2006-05-04

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

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

Enabling Green Growth: Sustainable Manufacturing and Eco-innovation

OECD

This 280-page report analyses the nature and processes of eco-innovation; discusses existing sustainable manufacturing indicators; examines methodologies for measuring eco-innovation; and takes stock of national strategies and policy initiatives for eco-innovation

Climate Change & Environment, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2010-02-03

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Financial Innovations for Accelerating Medical Solutions

Milken Institute

A 42-page US report of workshops held to tackle the problem of decreasing public and private funding for biomedical research

Health, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2006-10-15

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

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

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

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

Genomics, Health and Society: Emerging Issues for Public Policy

Policy Research Initiative

This 200-page Canadian book is a wide-ranging study of the policy issues raised by the development of genomic medicine

Health, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2004-03-17

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

Global Economic Prospects 2008: Technology Diffusion in the Developing World

World Bank

This 224-page report examines technology diffusion in the developing world

International Development, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2008-01-14

Globalization of R&D and Innovation: Implications for U.S. STEM Workforce

Urban Instiute

This 36-page US House testimony describes the globalization of R&D and innovation and its implications for the US

Science & TechnologyPosted: 2007-11-12

Greener and Smarter: ICTs, the Environment and Climate Change

OECD

This 44-page report finds that information and communication technologies (ICTs) are a key enabler of “green growth” in all sectors of the economy. They are a key part of government strategies for a sustainable economic recovery

Science & Technology, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-10-18

High-Technology Manufacturing and U.S. Competitiveness

Rand Corporation

This 178-page report describes trends in U.S. high-tech manufacturing, provides an economic analysis of traditional and high-tech manufacturing and analyses U.S. R&D statistics and trends in choice of academic disciplines

Science & TechnologyPosted: 2004-03-31

How Canadians' Use of the Internet Affects Social Life and Civic Participation

Statistics Canada

A 29-page Canadian study into the role of the Internet in social engagement and the opportunities it represents for Canadians to be active citizens

Science & Technology, Social PolicyPosted: 2008-12-15

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

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

Improving Access to Government Through Better Use of the Web

W3C

Recognizing that governments throughout the world need assistance and guidance in achieving the promises of electronic government through technology and the Web, this document seeks to define the variety of issues and challenges faced by governments

Governance & Politics, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2009-05-13

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

Inclusion Through Innovation

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister - U.K.

An 88-page U.K. report examining how information and communications technology (ICT) can be harnessed to help tackle social exclusion

Science & Technology, Social PolicyPosted: 2005-11-02

Induced Technological Change and Climate Policy

Pew Center on Global Climate Change

This 47-page U.S. study explores the use of induced technological change (ITC) in climate policy

Climate Change & Environment, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2004-10-19

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

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

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

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

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

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

International Mobility of the Highly Skilled, Endogenous R&D, and Public Infrastructure Investment

IZA

This 46-page discussion paper analyzes the interaction of emigration of highly skilled labour, income gaps and optimum public infrastructure investment

Immigration & Refugees, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2008-03-11

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

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

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

Is Corporate R&D Investment in High-Tech Sectors More Effective? Some Guidelines for European Research Policy

IZA

This 25-page paper discusses the link between R&D and productivity across the European industrial and service sectors

Science & Technology, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-02-01

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

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

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

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

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

Measuring the Extent of CyberFraud: A Discussion Paper on Potential Methods and Data Sources

Public Safety Canada

This 64-page Canadian discussion paper assesses the potential for using innovative methodologies to estimate thescope of cyber-fraud, identifies existing data sources and gaps, and suggests novel sources of data that may help provide a more accurate picture of the degree of cyber-fraud

Crime, Law & Order, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2011-11-11

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

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

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

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

Modelling and Measuring Scientific Production: Results for a Panel of OECD Countries

SPRU

This 28-page working paper presents results from using an econometric approach to examine the determinants of scientific production at cross-country level

Science & TechnologyPosted: 2005-05-25

Nanotechnology: A Policy Primer

CRS

A 15-page US backgrounder on the policy issues raised by nanotechnology development

Science & TechnologyPosted: 2008-06-12

Network Developments in Support of Innovation and User Needs

OECD

This 70-page report makes a case for investment in a competitive, open-access national fibre-to-the-home network rollout based on potential spillovers in four key sectors of the economy: electricity, health, transportation and education

Science & TechnologyPosted: 2009-12-21

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

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

New Social Media and Conflict in Kyrgyzstan

SIPRI

This 24-page Swedish paper examines the complex and shifting role of new media as a factor in the events in Kyrgyzstan

Governance & Politics, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2011-09-14

Norton Cybercrime report 2011

Norton

This 32-page US report details the impact of cybercrime on the world and on our everyday lives

Crime, Law & Order, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2011-09-12

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

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