In times when the role of science in society is more debated than ever in polarized, politicized and partial terms, what is the role for the human right to science and rights-based approaches? The right to science remains poorly understood and neglected in both national and global human rights...

In times when the role of science in society is more debated than ever in polarized, politicized and partial terms, what is the role for the human right to science and rights-based approaches? The right to science remains poorly understood and neglected in both national and global human rights...

What can science, technology and innovation offer in the achievement of sustainable development goals? / Ademola A. Adenle, Marian Chertow, Ellen H.M. Moors and David J. Pannell -- Learning to innovate : the global institutions for biodiversity innovation in the sustainable development goals /...

We investigate how the research standing of universities informs academic researchers’ engagement with industry via collaborative research, contract research and consulting. We argue that the establishment of university-industry relationships is informed by three factors: faculty perceived...

Nicht die Länder mit einem hoch entwickelten Publikationssystem sind bezüglich des freien Zugangs zum Wissen besonders weit fortge‐schritten, sondern Schwellenländer wie Indien, die Türkei und Brasilien zeichnen sich durch be‐sondere Erfolge bei der Umsetzung des...

It is widely believed that while society allows technology to be private property, scientific knowledge is public and open. However, over the past quarter-century there has been increasing patenting of quite basic scientific knowledge. This essay argues that this is potentially a very serious...

Since the 1990s major new players have emerged in science and technology u0096 notably in Asia. The result is an increasingly multi-polar world where science, technology and patent applications are more widely distributed throughout the world. Figure 1 shows that almost 80 % of researchers work...

Nordic cooperation in R&D is part of a broader, long standing cooperation in the Nordic area. This area consists of Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Finland, as well as the autonomous regions the Faroes Greenland and Aaland. The institutional set-up goes back to 1952 with the establishment of...