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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
2.2. Author(s): Schilling, Peter
Institution: Dep. of Economic History, Umeå School of Business and Economics
Professional Category: Ph.D. student
City: Umeå
Country: Sweden
E-mail: peter.schilling@ekhist.umu.se
SWEDISH SCIENCE POLICY 1981-2000
CREATING A FOUNDATION FOR MODE 2 KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION?
In the book The new production of knowledge, Gibbons et al. argues that 1980's are a turning point for Science policy - The cold war "Policy for Science" and the 1970's "Science in Policy" is replaced by a "Policy for technological innovation". The main reason for this is the poor economic performance in the western world during the 1970's and early 1980's. In order to be successful this new innovation policy requires the practitioners i.e. the academics at the universities and new producers of knowledge e.g. industry to interact in new way.
There is no doubt that the western countries had period of slow economic growth during the 1970's, however it is doubtful that the 1980's and the 1990's brought a change among academics and industry from mode 1 knowledge production to mode 2. This paper will analyse these presumed changes in attitudes to knowledge production in a Swedish context. The main questions are "Did the Swedish government change their focus to innovation in their Science policies during 1980's and 1990's?" and "How did the Swedish public universities and the industry response to these changes or lack there of?" Answering these questions will make it possible to derive common attitudes in favour of Mode 2 knowledge production among universities and industry and there by investigate if the prerequisites of a "Policy for technological innovation" are met.
Sociology of Science and Technology NETwork - last update: April 2006