This paper explores the emergence of an interdisciplinary scientific community with reference to the mode-2 knowledge production while not neglecting science-technology overlap. It raises the following questions: How does an interdisciplinary scientific community emerge globally? What is the...

The European Strategic Program for Research in Information Technologies (Esprit) was created back in 1983 as a defensive response to the US and Japanese lead in Information Technologies (IT). Esprit was driven by the belief that intra-EU collaboration is an effective means to enhance the...

The European Strategic Program for Research in Information Technologies (Esprit) was created back in 1983 as a defensive response to the US and Japanese lead in Information Technologies (IT). Esprit was driven by the belief that intra-EU collaboration is an effective means to enhance the...