Search for dissertations about: "Research Policy Institute RPI"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the words Research Policy Institute RPI.

2. 1. Small science on big machines: Politics and practices of synchrotron radiation laboratories

   Author : Olof Hallonsten; Research Policy Institute (RPI); []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; big science; little science; sophistication; collectivization; European Synchrotron Radiation Facility; Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource; MAX-lab; scientific entrepreneurs; changing dynamics of science; Synchrotron radiation; research policy; science policy;

   Abstract : Synchrotron radiation laboratories are large scientific facilities where various scientific experiments are carried out by the use of radiation produced by particle accelerators. Research with synchrotron radiation emerged in the 1960s and 1970s as a peripheral activity at particle physics laboratories. READ MORE

4. 2. Frame dynamics and stakeholders in risk governance

   Author : Beatrice Bengtsson; Research Policy Institute (RPI); []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; GMOs; framing; EU; stakeholders; expertise; governance rationalities; policy; feed; boundary framing; frame extension; intertextuality; food chain; participation; EFSA; DG SANCO; risk assessment; risk management; threshold; risks.;

   Abstract : The EU governance of food safety and GM food and feed has gone through significant changes since the BSE crisis and food scares during the 1990s. This work focuses on one particular new feature; the role of stakeholders representing the food chain: biotech associations, farmer organizations, food and feed processors, consumer organizations and environmental NGOs. READ MORE

5. 3. Innovating beyond Racial Capitalism: A Contribution towards the Analysis of the Political Economy of Post-Apartheid South Africa

   Author : Rasigan Maharajh; Research Policy Institute (RPI); []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economic History; Innovation Studies; Political Economy; Research Policy; South Africa.;

   Abstract : This dissertation provides an economic history narrative which analyses the accumulation path underpinning the development of racial capitalism in South Africa. The specific objective of this narrative is to analyse the degree to which the adoption of a national system of innovation (NSI) analytical framework by the first post-apartheid government led to science, technology and innovation (STI) policies and strategies, which were appropriate for the development objectives of the new democratic political economy. READ MORE

6. 4. Service stations along global knowledge pipelines - on innovation intermediaries' function in fostering globalized innovation processes

   Author : Emily Wise; Research Policy Institute (RPI); []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; innovation intermediaries; globalization of innovation; transnational innovation networks; cluster organizations;

   Abstract : Innovation is an interactive learning process that is facilitated naturally by geographic proximity. Innovation intermediaries can serve as an extra catalyst to and facilitator of interaction and collaboration. READ MORE

7. 5. On the Effects of Institutional Arrangements for Innovation in Clusters - A comparative case study of sugar clusters in São Paulo, the North East of Brazil and Cuba

   Author : Jens Sörvik; Research Policy Institute (RPI); []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the effects of institutional arrangements for innovation in clusters. Clusters have become one of the most popular concepts in innovation policy studies in recent years. READ MORE