History and Past Activities
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History and Past Activities |
ESA Conference: Ageing Societies, New Sociology
September 23-26, 2003 in Murcia, Spain
Two streams of sessions of the
Research Network 18: Sociology of Science and Technology (SSTNET)
Convenors:
Raymund Werle: Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Köln, Germany (werle@mpi-fg-koeln.mpg.de)
Marja Häyrinen Alestalo: Dept. of Sociology, University of Helsinki, Finland (marja.alestalo@helsinki.fi)
Luísa Oliveira: DINÂMIA/ISCTE, Lisboa, Portugal (luisa.oliveira@iscte.pt)
Maarten Mentzel: 38 Johan de Wittstraat, 2334 AR Leiden, The Netherlands (m.a.mentzel@planet.nl)
First Stream: Governing Science and Technology in the Era of Globalization
Thursday Sept. 25
09.00 - 11.00 session 5 (Campus de La Merced)
Chair: Marja Häyrinen-Alestalo
5.4. Author(s): Hakala, Johanna/ Koski, Pasi
Institution: University of Tampere, Research Institute for Social Sciences
Professional Category:
City: Tampere
Country: Finland
E-mail: Johanna.K.Hakala@uta.fi, Pasi.Koski@uta.fi
INTERNATIONALISING THE FINNISH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM: CONVERGENCE AND DIVERGENCE OF AIMS, RESOURCES AND FUTURE PROSPECTS
According to international comparative studies, the Finnish innovation system has been successful in many respects. The critical question faced by Finnish policy-makers is how to ensure the continuation of the positive trend. In the most recent science and technology policy strategy by the Science and Technology Policy Council, it is suggested that one of the key issues — if not the key issue — is the internationalisation of the whole innovation system. Also the main national S&T funding agencies have made internationalisation a permeating principle.
However, there is still little knowledge on how this policy emphasis is manifested and reacted to within organisations at various levels of the Finnish science and technology system. These organisations include the responsible ministries, the national funding agencies, science and technology parks, universities and research institutes. What kinds of changes have been taking place regarding their internationalisation strategies — explicit or implicit — and international activities? Do these organisations follow the national guidelines or do they device their own strategies? Furthermore, what are the challenges and opportunities offered by internationalisation and the organisational capacities required by it, for instance, in the context of the ‘European Research Area’? The data of the study consist of documents and interviews with representatives of the above mentioned organisations.
Sociology of Science and Technology NETwork - last update: April 2006