Introduction: epistemic mutations -- Managing knowledge, governing society -- Systemic disruptions, systemic response -- The neoliberal paradigm and beyond -- The emergence of a research and innovation paradigm -- The research and innovation paradigm -- The case of Japan -- A new version of the...

Innovation policies are considered the long-term strategy to overcome the present systemic crisis. But this crisis is questioning such policies, their presuppositions and institutional arrangements. This questioning includes the Triple Helix theory and its impact on research and innovation...

The Fukushima catastrophe is a turning point in the conception, role and management of technology in industrial societies. As did Hiroshima (on another dimension) after 1945, the Fukushima nuclear accident questions and transforms established conceptions and values concerning the relations...