SPRU 40th Anniversary Seminar Series

Professor Franco Malerba, Professor of Industrial Economics and Director, CESPRI
CESPRI, Bocconi University
The Dynamics of Innovation, Vertical Integration and Specialization in the Evolution of Two Related Industries: A History-Friendly Model of Computers and Semiconductors.
Friday 3 February, 2.15pm, The Freeman Centre

Professor Ian Miles
PREST, University of Manchester
Foresight -Then and Now?
Friday 10 February, 2.15pm, The Freeman Centre

Professor Paolo Guerrieri
University of Rome
Technology Diffusion, Services and Endogenous Growth in Europe. Is the Lisbon Strategy Useful?
Friday 17 March, 2.15pm, The Freeman Centre

Professor William Walker
University of St Andrews
Technological Change and International Relations.
Friday 24 March, 2.00pm, The Freeman Centre

Professors W. Paul Davies and David J. Newton
Royal Agricultural College
Can Increasing Biotechnology Adoption in Food and Agricultural Systems Make a Significant Contribution to the Millennium Development Goals?
Friday 28 April, 2.15pm, The Freeman Centre

Prof. George Yip
Vice-President, Director of Research & Innovation, Capgemini Consulting
Successful strategic transformers / Research and innovation at Capgemini Consulting
Friday 3 November, 2.15pm, The Freeman Centre

Prof. Jonathan Haskel
Dept. of Economics, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London
Innovation, productivity growth and knowledge flows
Friday 10 November, 2.15pm, The Freeman Centre

Prof. Fred Steward
Brunel University
Title to be announced
Friday 1 December, 2.15pm, The Freeman Centre

For further information about these seminars, please contact Julie Fletcher on 01273 678066.

Controversies in Science Technology and Global Development

May 2006
A short series of public debates organised jointly by IDS and SPRU, to be held in the new Jubilee Library as part of the Brighton Fringe Festival. These events aim to attract new audiences and encourage lively discussion involving local people and interest groups. Tickets available from the Dome Booking Office.

Technology and the Right to Choose
Thursday 4 May 2006, 6.30pm
Jubilee Library, Brighton
GM or organic farming? Nuclear or renewable energy? How much choice does society really have? Can science and technology really be more democratic? Or is this political correctness gone mad?
Speakers: Dr Andy Stirling (SPRU), Dr Allam Ahmed (SPRU), Prof Ian Scoones (IDS)

Vaccine Anxieties
Thursday 18 May 2006, 6.30pm
Jubilee Library, Brighton
Many parents are worried of the effects of immunisation on their children's health. How can the public engage with science to ensure that their concerns are heard?
Speakers: Dr Melissa Leach (IDS) and Dr Justine Johnstone (SPRU)

Climate Changing Lives
Thursday 25 May 2006, 6.30pm
Jubilee Library, Brighton
Climate change requires changes to lifestyles but it also changes lives. What are our responsibilities for tackling climate change and adapting to its impacts?
Speakers: Dr Jim Watson (SPRU) and Dr Tom Tanner (IDS)

Technology Strategy and Innovation Summer School - seminar series for Doctoral students

June 2006
An exciting series of seminars aimed especially at doctoral and other post-graduate students in SPRU and throughout Sussex University:

Professor John Cantwell, Rutgers Business School (NJ, USA)
12, 13 and 15 June 2006, Freeman Centre
International Corporate Technological Strategies - The Balance Between Exploitation and Exploration
A series of three seminars, developed especially for SPRU DPhil students, but also open to post graduate students and academic staff throughout the University, aimed at presenting cutting-edge research on technological strategies of Multinational Enterprises. The seminars will address conceptual, empirical, and particularly, methodological aspects, and they will allow plenty of opportunity for general discussion.

Professor Daniele Archibugi (Italian CNR, Rome, and Birckbeck College, London) and Professor Carlo Pietrobelli (CREI, University of Rome 3)
26-28 June 2006, Freeman Centre
Colloquia on Innovation
A series of three seminars, aimed at SPRU DPhil students, but also open to post graduate students and academic staff throughout the University, which will present new departures in Innovation Studies. The seminars, throughout which the two invited speakers will be interacting and exchanging ideas, will be followed by general discussion. Professor Archibugi and Professor Pietrobelli are also available to discuss individual research projects with DPhil students after the seminars.

SPRU/CENTRIM/Advanced Institute of Management (AIM) Seminar

Friday 30 June 2006, Freeman Centre
A seminar in celebration of SPRU's 40th Anniversary
Professor James Utterback, MIT
Synthesis and Experiment in New Firm Creation: the Confluence of Biotechnology and Nano-technology

Special seminar: Industrial Structures and Evolution

Tuesday 3 October 2006, 3:00 pm, Freeman Centre G24/25
A seminar in celebration of SPRU's 40th Anniversary
Professor Giovanni Dosi, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa
Biography & Abstract | Link to Paper

SPRU 40th Anniversary Conference - The Future of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy

11-13 September 2006, University of Sussex

SPRU celebrates its 40th Anniversary in 2006 with a conference which invites participants to engage in a critical evaluation of the present and future research agenda of the Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) field.
This conference will explore empirical, theoretical and applied policy approaches to enable us to conceptualise the contradictory nature of modern science, technology and innovation, and thus provide practical policy guidance. We are particularly interested in contributions that address the intersections of science, technology and innovation and adopt forward-looking approaches in investigating their impacts on society.
We invite participants and contributors keen to engage in a critical and collective dialogue that could contribute to making the STI field more exciting and challenging for our research community, more relevant to policy practice and more 'in synch' with society at large.

The Marie Jahoda Lecture

4th October 2006
University of Sussex, BSMS Lecture Theatre, 5pm
Speaker: Sir Howard Newby, Vice Chancellor, University of the West of England
Knowledge exchange: a new approach to knowledge transfer
Knowledge transfer lies at the heart of public policy on science and innovation. This lecture looks at how recent developments in our understanding of the process of knowledge transfer are better encapsulated in the term knowledge exchange. The implications of this for universities are examined.
All welcome but RSVP essential | Telephone: +44 (0)1273 678173 | Email: c.m.harry@sussex.ac.uk