European Science and Technology Policy

Towards Integration or Fragmentation?

Edited by Henri Delanghe, PhD, European Commission, Belgium, Ugur Muldur, PhD, European Commission, Belgium and Luc Soete, PhD, Director, UNU-MERIT and Professor of International Economics, Maastricht University, the Netherlands

This innovative book focuses on the most important concept underpinning current European Union 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.

这本书给出了一个excelent overview of science and technology policy in Europe in the post-war period. Experts with a background in research and policy explain the historical and theoretical roots of the European Research Area. Contributions illuminate the tension between science policy and innovation policy and the difficulties to balance national, European and global priorities. Critical assessments of how the ERA has affected the overall performance of Europe lead to interesting proposals for how to cope with old and new challenges.’
– Bengt-Åke Lundvall, University of Aalborg, Denmark