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Title: Professor Job Title: Innogen Co-Investigator Tel: +44 (0) 1908 659788 Fax: +44 (0) 1908 654825 Email: n.clark@open.ac.uk Building: ESRC Innogen Centre, Development Policy and Practice Group, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA Room Number:
Norman received his PhD in Economics from the University of Edinburgh in 1971. In addition to his current post he is presently acting as Director of Research and Technical Adviser to the Director at the African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS), Nairobi. Previously he was Vice Chancellor of Kabarak University, Nakuru, Kenya, and before that Professor of Environmental Studies and Director of the Graduate School of Environmental Studies at the University of Strathclyde.
He is a development economist specialising in science, technology and environmental policy issues with particular relevance to Third World problems, a field in which he has published extensively. He has lived and worked in many countries with particular concentration on Kenya, Nigeria and India. Previously he held academic posts at the Universities of Glasgow and Sussex. While at Sussex he acted as the Founding Director of Graduate Studies at the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) where he worked for some 15 years and now holds the post of Honorary Professor. He has also acted as Founding Director of the Technology Planning and Development Unit, University of Ife, Nigeria; Visiting Professor, Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil; and Director of the Capacity Development Programme at the African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS).
In addition to normal academic activities he has had some 30 years experience as an adviser and consultant to governments, international agencies and NGOs including the World Bank, UNCTAD, IDRC, DFID, ITDG, CGIAR, UN-Habitat, UNU and UNDP. He acted also as an adviser to the UK House of Commons Select Committee on Overseas Development on ODA’s [now DFID’s] Special Units (i.e. TPI, COPR, LRDC etc.). He is an associate researcher with the ESRC-funded INNOGEN genomics initiative jointly managed with Edinburgh University (where he holds a visiting professorship) and to the UNU/MERIT Link Programme based at CRISP, Hyderabad. He was a member of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Task Force Team 10 on Science, Technology and Innovation and has been recently acting as an adviser to the NEPAD secretariat in Pretoria, to ILRI in Nairobi and to the World Bank.
Hall, Andy and Clark, Norman (2010) ‘What do complex adaptive systems look like and what are the implications for innovation policy?’ Journal of International Development Vol 22, Issue 3, p 308-324, DOI: 10.1002/jid.1690
Chataway, J. and Clark, N. (2009) 'Below the radar: a fresh approach to innovation and development policy' International Journal of Technology Management & Sustainable Development, Vol.8, No.3, pp.177-197.
Kaplinsky R., Chataway, J., Clark, N., Hanlin, B., Kale, D., Muraguri, L., Papaioannou, T., Robbins, P and Wamae, W. (2009) ‘Below the Radar: What Does Innovation in Emerging Economies Have to Offer Other Low Income Economies?’ International Journal of Technology Management & Sustainable Development, Vol.8, No.3, pp.177-197.
Clark, N., Smith, J. and Hirvonen, M. (2007)Livestock R&D in East and Southern Africa: An innovation systems perspective with special reference to the International Livestock Research Institute . International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development, 6 (1). pp. 9-24. ISSN 1474-2748
Clark N., Mugabe, J. and Smith, J. (2007) Governing Agricultural biotechnology in Africa: Building Public Confidence and Capacity for Policy-Making, ACTS, Nairobi.
Hall, A.J., Clark, N.G. and Naik, G. (2007) Institutional change and innovation capacity: Contrasting experiences of promoting small-scale irrigation technology in South Asia, International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development, Vol.6, Issue 2, pp.77-102
Clark, N., Reddy, G.P. and Hall, A. (2006) Client-driven biotechnology research for poor farmers: a case study from India. International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development, Vol.5, Issue 2, pp.125-147
Clark, N. and Wafula, D. (2005) Science and Governance of Modern Biotechnology in Sub-Saharan Africa, Journal of International Development, Vol.17, Issue 5, pp.679-694
Khush, G.S., Nagarajan, S., Tuli, R. and Clark, N. (2005) ‘Andhra Pradesh Netherlands Biotechnology Programme for dryland agriculture: Mid-term evaluation of second phase’
Clark, N., Hall, A. and Yoganand, B. (2002) New science, capacity development and institutional change: the case of the Andhra Pradesh-Netherlands Biotechnology Programme (APNLBP, International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development, Vol. 1, Issue 3, pp. 196-
Clark N., Stokes, K. and Mugabe, J.(2002) Biotechnology and development: threats and promises for the 21st century, Futures, Vol.34, Issues 9-10, pp.785-806
Clark, N. (2002) Innovation systems, institutional change and the new knowledge market: implications for third world agricultural development, Journal of the Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Vol. 11, Issues 4-5, pp.353-358
Clark, N. (2001) ‘What can biotechnology do for Africa? And how can the associated risks and uncertainty be managed?’ African Technology Policy Studies Network, Nairobi, Kenya.
Clark N., Kameri, P and Wambugu, D. (2001) ‘Public/Private Partnerships for Biotechnology In Africa: The Future Agenda’, Biopolicy International 22, January
Norman is involved in the following Innogen projects:
Development economist with interests in biotechnology policy, capacity building and institutional change in Africa and India. Consultant to governments and international agencies including DFID, IDRC, UNDP, UNCTAD, the World Bank and ITDG.
Further information about Norman (including a detailed list of publications) can be found on his webpage
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