European Research, Technology and Development: Issues for a Competitive Future

Research Findings by Projects: Theme 1 | Theme 2 | Theme 3 | Theme 4

Theme 1: European Regulation and the Science Base

• The Impact of European Regulation on Toxicological Science
  Dr John Abraham, Mr Michael Charlton


• Environmental Services and European Regulations
  Mr Nikos Kastrinos, Professor Ian Miles


• Regulation, Business Strategy and R&D; Expenditures in Digital Television
  Professor Martin Cave, Mr Mark Shurmer, Mr Campbell Cowie


• 'Regulatory Science': Industry, academic research and the European control of chemical toxicity
  Dr Alan Irwin, Ms Elaine McCarthy, Dr Henry Rothstein, Professor Steven Yearley


• Policy as Practice: The Implementation and Impact of Industrial Environmental Regulation
  Mr Andrew Gouldson, Mr Joseph Murphy


• The Interaction Between European Medicines Regulation and Toxiocological Science
  Dr John Abraham, Dr Graham Lewis

Theme 2: Human Resources/Labour Market issues in European S&T

• European Labour Supply and Utilisation in Science and Engineering
  Helen Connor, Richard Pearson and Dr Gill Court


• The Contribution of National Laboratories to the European Scientific Labour Market
  Helen Lawton Smith


• Social and Spatial Processes Determining the Development of the European Scientific Labour Market
  Louise Curran, John Lovering


• The Impact of European Community Training Programmes on the Scientific Labour Market in the UK
  Dr Josephine Anne Stein, Dr Nicole Kurtz


• High Level Skills, Knowledge Transfer and Industrial Competitiveness in Britain and France
  Mr G L Mason

Theme 3: The Evaluation of Collaboration and Networking in European S&T

• The Impact of International Collaboration on UK University-Industry Links
  David Charles, Andrew Pike and Jeremy Howells


• An Evaluation of the Role of Cooperative Research Networks in Scientific Research
  Dr Kirsty Hughes, Ian Christie


• Europe, the UK and Changing Institutions for Research: Molecular Genetics in Biotechnology
  Dr Sandra M Thomas


• The Role of Research Conferences in Developing European Collaboration in Science and Technology
  Dr Peter Collins, Dr Pam Waddell


• The Implications for Host Nations of Transnational Research Facilities
  Ms K. E. Barker, Dr R. Boden, Mr M. Klein, Prof. P. Stubbs


• Governing European Science: Evaluation, Forecasting and Science Policy in the European Union
  Dr Andrew Barry, Professor Nikolas Rose


• Construction, Conversion and Control of Defence Technological Capabilities (C3C) in Europe
  CREDIT network (Capacity for Research on European Defence Industrial Technology)
  of experts from nine Western European Countries
  Director: Professor Philip Gummett, with Dr Josephine Stein
  Coordinator: Peter Healey


• Critical Factors in Inter-firm Research Collaboration
  Mr Keith Dickson, Dr Helen Lawton Smith, Dr Anne-Marie Coles


• The Molecular Analysis of Genomes
  Dr Sandra Thomas


• Comparative Performance of SMEs in European Framework and Domestic network programmes
  Prof. Phil Cooke, Dr D Jones-Evans, Prof. J Lovering


• Formal Collaboration and Informal Information Networks
  Prof. S Macdonald

Theme 4: Managing Knowledge Flows for Innovation in Europe

• Managing Knowledge and Expertise in Innovative Drug Testing
  Dr John Abraham


• Knowledge articulation and utilisation: networks and the creation of expertise
  Dr J A Swan, Dr S M Newell, Dr H Scarbrough


• Knowledge sourcing and foresight: public and private agencies in the health and life sciences
  Dr A J Webster, Dr B Rappert