Science and Innovation Policies

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

This seminar, for an introductory and broad analysis of models of science and innovation policies, develops firstly a set of central concepts to be used within the uc, as well as an introduction to and discussion of the disciplinary basis for this area of studies. These concepts are then used in the analysis of different cases of implementation of policies and of the dynamics of the innovation process. Teaching is based on the theoretical presentation by the lecturer, followed by a collective discussion with the students, on the basis of previously distributed bibliography.

Learning Outcomes

This curricular unit has as its central objectives:

- to provide a set of knowledge on different disciplinary approaches to the analysis and definition of science and innovation policies, and of the contexts under which these are implemented;

- to provide analytical and empirical tools on innovation processes and economic change, the economic dimensions of such dynamics and of their governance, under a global perspective;

- to develop a critical approach to the analysis of science and innovation policies and the relevant literature, under a framework of transversal analysis, identifying critically the main theoretical controversies;

- to provide the necessary tools to develop empirically based policy-oriented research, reflecting its specificity in relation to disciplinary research, but also the necessary tools for the definition and implementation of science and innovation policies.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Frameworks for Science and Innovation Policies.

2. Decision Processes, Knowledge and Public Policies.

3. The Evolution of Science and Innovation Policies.

4. Innovation Processes.

5. Innovation, Economic Growth and Employment.

6. Innovation and Spatial Dynamics.

7. European Science and Innovation Policies.

8. Science and Innovation and Global Dynamics.

9. Evaluation of Science and Innovation Policies.

Head Lecturer(s)

Tiago Tavares Santos Pereira

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Other: 25.0%
Synthesis work: 75.0%

Bibliography

Benkler, Y. (2006), The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom. Yale University

Press, New Haven and London.

Fagerberg, J., B.R. Martin, E.S. Andersen (2013), Innovation Studies: Evolution and Future Challenges. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Godin, B. (2009), The Making of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy. Centre Urbanisation Culture Societé, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Montreal.

Jasanoff, S. (2005), Designs on Nature: Science and Democracy in Europe and the United States. Princeton University Press, Princeton.

STEPS Centre (2010) Innovation, Sustainability, Development: A New Manifesto. STEPS Centre, Brighton, UK.

Tolda, João (2014) Princípios de Economia da Inovação, Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra.