The Tallinn University of Technology
in Estonia announces a new international MA in Technology Governance starting
in the Fall of 2006, and a new Working Paper Series in Technology Governance
and Economic Dynamics.
Technology Governance for Growth and Development
Technology Governance is an approach and a set of policies undertaken
by the public and private sector and society actors in a given space in
time to develop a knowledge base, social cohesion and competitiveness
at the same time. So far, both in academic research and in policy advice,
these aspects have tended to be separated. The Technology Governance program
at Tallinn University of Technology is designed to bridge these gaps and
to focus on research, teaching, and advice in an interrelated way.
Our one-year Masters program in Technology Governance is a technology-focused
special graduate degree that could be placed in such areas as Innovation
Policy, Industrial Policy and Development Economics as a realistic alternative
to mainstream ("Standard Textbook") Economics. Our curriculum
includes the theory of uneven development and the history of economic
policy. In that sense, this is the international Innovation Policy and
High-Tech program with a solid foundation in history and theory, embedded
in an exciting environment, that so many students and scholars were always
looking for yet could not find!
To find out more, please visit www.ttu.ee/hum/tg
Working Papers in Technology Governance and Economic
Dynamics
The Other Canon Foundation, Norway, and the Technology Governance program
at Tallinn University of Technology (TUT), Estonia, have launched a new
working papers series, entitled "Working Papers in Technology Governance
and Economic Dynamics". In the context denoted by the title series,
it will publish original research papers, both practical and theoretical,
both narrative and analytical, in the area denoted by such concepts as
uneven economic growth, techno-economic paradigms, the history and theory
of economic policy, and the administration of innovation, but also generally
in the wider fields of industrial policy, development, technology, institutions,
finance, public policy, and economic and financial history and theory.
The idea is to offer a venue for quickly presenting interesting papers
- scholarly articles, especially as preprints, lectures, essays in a form
that may be developed further later on - in a high-quality, nicely formatted
version, free of charge: all working papers are downloadable for free
from http://hum.ttu.ee/tg
as soon as they appear.
The working paper series is edited by Rainer Kattel (kattel@staff.ttu.ee),
Wolfgang Drechsler (drechsler@staff.ttu.ee),
and Erik S. Reinert (reinert@staff.ttu.ee).
Submissions, suggestions or referrals are invited.