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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
Wednesday Sept. 24
09.00 - 11.00 session 2 (Campus de La Merced)
Chair: Maarten Mentzel
2.4. Author(s): Mali, Franc
Institution: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences,
Professional Category:
City: Ljubljana
Country: Slovenia
E-mail: franc.mali@uni-lj.si
THE CHALLENGES OF GLOBALIZATION FOR NATIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS IN SMALL TRANSITIONAL COUNTRIES
As Anthony Giddens says, globalization may not be a particularly elegant word, but absolutely no one wanting to understand recent times can ignore it. This is especially true for what is presently going on in R&D. Major attention in the paper will be paid to the influences of the increasing processes of globalization on the national innovation systems in small states. The challenges of globalization for national innovation systems will be explained with reference to some basic theoretical concepts of globalisation, developed by such authors as Beck, Stichwech, Scott, Ziman etc. How to enhance and encourage the national (local) and international (global) synergies in R&D? In the paper, the role of the European Research Area (ERA) will be taken as an example to show how the transnational R&D arena imposes the need to redefine the goals of national R&D policies. The ERA can be understood as a heading for a range of linked policies that attempt to facilitate R&D policies of the individual Member and Candidate States. The primary intention of my paper is to show that the ERA and related policy actions are useful instruments for the promotion of stronger internationalization and commodification of academic science in small Candidate countries. Especially for those countries with limited and undeveloped R&D resources, good contacts with the European research community are regarded a necessity. This is all the more significant since the ERA has introduced numerous new instruments and actions to cope with the challenges of globalized science.
Sociology of Science and Technology NETwork - last update: April 2006