Building Science Regions in the European Research Area: Governance in the Territorial Agora
The relationship between science and the economy is central to policy frameworks for competitiveness and development at European, national and regional levels. This research offers a comparative analysis of approaches for building ‘science regions’ in order to understand the dynamic interaction between science, economy and governance. Within these ‘science regions’, science and industry are being linked and the power of science as a driver for wealth creation and economic growth is being harnessed.
The research developed a comparative analysis of approaches for
building ‘science regions’ in different national and regional
contexts. It was built on a first-phase project which explored the
regionalisation of science policy in England. The objectives
related to three deficits in our current knowledge:
- There is a gap in our understanding of the dynamics and drivers of shifts in the governance of science policy;
- A better understanding of approaches to building science regions in different national contexts is needed;
- There is a requirement to better articulate the assumptions on which interventions are currently based in order to lead to more effective public policy at different levels of scale.
Five regional case studies of the North West, North East, Alsace,
North Rhine, Westphalia and Catalonia were conducted, comprising
documentary analysis and semi-structured interviews at European,
national and regional levels. Futhermore, an analytical framework
is given to offer an institutional level analysis of the
inter-relationship between governance, economic development and
science as a realm of activity.
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