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Science, technology and innovation

Science, technology and innovation is one of four EGN research programmes designed to present scientifically informed and policy-relevant research to key UK and international audiences. This theme focuses on the dynamics of innovation in contemporary life science, both in relation to innovative approaches within the biosciences themselves and to the broader adoption of novel ideas from the life sciences. This theme explores novel forms of biological thinking (for example Systems Biology) and the ways in which new ideas from genomics are taken up – or not – in clinical practice, in commercial applications and by other user communities, such as agencies working in developing countries.

Project Topics include:

Bioknowledge Economies and Sustainable Innovations – how are the life sciences developing in the context of globalisation, and to what extent are the biosciences being involved in new ideas about “sustainable innovation”?

The New Life Science Economy – how are company strategies evolving to make the best of bioscience knowledge; how are “Public/Private Partnerships” functioning in developing countries as a way of realising the benefits of the life sciences for new audiences and markets; and what are we to make of new models for life-science research such as the much-discussed “Translational Research”?

New Directions in Genomics – how are the life sciences being developed in the wake of genomics and what is distinctive about such approaches as Systems Biology, Metagenomics and Synthetic Biology.

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Accomplishing mapping the human genome: Big Science & technology (PhD Thesis)
Andrew Bartlett

Assessment Tools for Breakthrough and Emerging Science and Technology
Robin Williams

Bio-knowledge economies, publics, and sustainable innovation
Theme leader: Brian Wynne and Co-leader: Ruth McNally

Biotechnology, Agriculture and Food Security – Beyond PITA
Joyce Tait, Joanna Chataway & David Wield

Data-driven research in the biological and biomedical sciences
Sabina Leonelli

Experimentality
Bronislaw Szerszynski

Exploring the Power of Knowledge and Technology Flows in Developing Countries
Joanna Chataway, James Smith

Genomics Innovation in Scotland
Dr Alessandro Rosiello

Imaginaries: Mapping the conceptual terrain of STS’s uses of the concept
Maureen McNeil, Joan Haran, Michael Arribas-Ayllon, Adrian Mackenzie, Larry Reyn

Innovation Processes in Life Science Industries
James Mittra

Institutional impacts of north-south partnerships in agricultural biotechnology
Seife Ayele