Center for International Science and Technology Policy

Reports

2007

Assessing the Socio-economic Impacts of the Framework Programme
The University of Manchester, PREST, Policy Research in Engineering Science and Technology.

IST Evaluation and Monitoring
Wolfgang Polt, Nicholas Vonortas, Institut fur Technologie- Und Regionalpolitik

The Emergence of New Industrial Activities: Fusing Services and Manufacture
Yannis Caloghirou, Nicholas Vonortas

Evaluation of progress towards a European Research Area for Information Society Technologies
Franco Malerba, Nicholas Vonortas, Stefano Breschi, Lorenzo Cassi

FP5 Impact Assessment Survey conducted as part of the Five Year Assessment of EU Research Activities (1999-2003)
Joanneum Research (Austria), Ken Guy (Wise Guys Ltd. - UK), Wolfgang Polt (Joanneum Research), Nicholas Vonortas (AUEB - EL, GWU - USA)

Networks of Innovation in Information Society: Development and Deployment in Europe
Franco Malerba, Nicholas Vonortas, Lorenzo Cassi, Nicoletta Corrocher, Caroline Wagner

Research on the Factors of Success of Public Policies Regarding Science, Technology and Innovation
Nicholas S. Vonortas, Centre for International Science and Technology Policy, The George Washington University

Five Year Assessment of the European Union Research Framework Programmes
The Five-Year-Assessment Panel

American policy-makers tend to assume that the European militaries lack the capability to be reliable coalition partners in NATO or in coalitions of the willing, because they lack the high technology capabilities the US has deployed in its own forces. In this new, ground-breaking study, the authors argue that this assumption is based on a serious misperception of European technologies and deployed military capabilities. The authors of this study focused on the key technologies of modern "network-centric" warfare — C4ISR: Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance. Based on 18 months of research, with interviews in two allied countries (France and Britain), an examination of the technology and capabilities of three others (Germany, Italy, Netherlands and Sweden), and extensive discussions in NATO and the European Union, the study concludes that European C4ISR technology is comparable to that of the United States and that virtually every one of these countries is developing or deploying technologies that are or can be interoperable with the United States military. It concludes with a series of recommendations as to how further progress can be made on both sides of the Atlantic to enhance this interoperability.

Five-Year Assessment of the European Union Research Framework Programmes
Nicholas Vonortas, Rapporteur of the Five-Year-Assessment Panel
Professor of Economics and International Affairs; Co-authored by the remaining members of the Five-Year-Assessment Panel
Published by Beech Tree Publishing, UK. December 2004.

Further Directions in Satellite-Derived Weather and Climate Information for the Electric Energy Industry: A Workshop Report
Ray Williamson; Henry Hertzfeld; and Avery Sen, M.A. ISTP '04

This report discusses the March 2004 Space Policy Institute workshop that served as a forum for communication and interaction among researchers, providers, and users of weather information. Participants included representatives from industry, NASA, NOAA, and the university community.

This report covers the program's two primary topics:

Exploring the socioeconomic value of terrestrial and space weather information and forecasts derived from current and future satellite systems
Understanding the process by which new developments in weather and climate forecasting reach actual users in the electric energy industry.

Geospatial Technologies for Improving Security in Intermodal Freight and Hazardous Materials Transport
Ray A. Williamson and Amelia Budge.

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