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This innovative book focuses on the most important concept underpinning current European Union (EU) research policy. It describes the history and concept of the European Research Area (ERA), analyses some of the underlying assumptions, assesses some of its achievements, and takes a brief look at its future. ''European Science and Technology Policy'' deals with the notion of the ERA, a coordinated and effective European research area, the successful achievement of which will become the main objective of EU research policy once the Lisbon Treaty enters into force. The book demonstrates that almost ten years after the formal launch of the ERA concept, little top-down progress seems to have been made in terms of achieving better governance of the European research landscape. However, tangible bottom-up progress has been made towards harmonising research beyond the existing uncoordinated national, inter-governmental and supranational policy schemes. Given the current ongoing ERA debate, this timely publication will be an invaluable tool for technology and innovation policymakers and practitioners in Europe. It will also appeal to scholars and students in the fields of science, technology and innovation.
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European Science and Technology Policy European Science and Technology Policy Towards Integration or Fragmentation? Edited by Henri Delanghe PhD, Expert, IDEA Consult, Belgium Ugur Muldur Plz D, European Commission, Belgium Luc Soete PhD, Director UNU-MERIT and Professor of International Economics, Maastricht University, the Netherlands Edward Elgar Cheltenham, UK Northampton, MA, USA % Henri Delanghe, Ugur Muldur and Luc Soete 2009 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic. mechanical or photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher. Published by Edward Elgar Publishing Limited The Lypiatts 15 Lansdown Road Cheltenham GIos GL50 2JA UK Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc. William Pratt House 9 Dewey Court Northampton Massachusetts 01060 USA A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Control Number: 2009936761 Mixed Sources FSC Produn group from well-managed f o r e m and o t h a conbollcd sovrcer w . f s r o r g CeR no. SA-COC.1565 0 19% Mrcrt stewardshipCouncil ISBN 978 1 84844 330 3 Printed and bound by MPG Books Group, U K Contents List of' contributors Acknowledgements List qf abbreviations and acronyms Introduction vii X xi xvii PART 1 HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Post-war research, education and innovation policy-making in Europe Peter Tindemans Intergovernmental cooperation in the making of European research Pierre Pupon A European Research Area built by the Member States? Christian Svunfeldt The 'European Research Area' idea in the history of Community policy-making LUCUGuzzetti Analysing Community policies Jim Drutw~a 3 24 44 64 78 PART 2 THEORETICAL ISSUES From the Lisbon Agenda to the Lisbon Treaty: national research systems in the context of European integration and globalization Robert Boyer 101 The returns to public research funding Kris Aerts and Dirk Czurnitzki 127 Scale and scope in research Nicholas S. Vonortas 142 vi European science und techno lop^. polic! 9 ERA and the role of networks Stefano Breschi and Franco Malerbu 10 Transnational collaboration in public research funding and publicly supported research in Europe Henri Delanghe, Brian Sloan and Ugur Muldur PART 3 ACHIEVEMENTS The EU R&D under-investment: patterns in R&D expenditure an