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March 1-2, 2012

International Workshop on Governance of Innovation and Socio-Technical systems

Copenhagen Business School

Denmark

CALL For PAPERS

The Governance of Innovation and Socio-Technical Systems: Theorising and Explaining Change

Theme

‘Governance’ is a notion that has gained increasing currency the past years in the field of (sectoral) innovation systems and socio-technical systems’ studies. Generally speaking, it refers to the ability of a society to solve collective action problems in issues that involve science, technology and innovation. However, there continues to be a considerable level of indeterminacy in the literature. Firstly, because the empirical literature on systems exhibits multiple understanding of change, and hence about how governance processes take place. This diversity has not been properly spelled out, obscuring the way in which change is linked to specific forms of (effective) governance. And secondly, because these empirical studies tend to use the notion ‘governance’ in rather loose conceptual terms and sometimes even only implicitly. This tends to underestimate or ignore the coordination aspect embedded in any form of systemic change. For these two reasons, the actual explanatory capacity of the notion ‘governance’ when studying systems’ change remains limited.

This workshop aims at addressing this gap in the literature, asking how do agents and institutions coordinate in the process of generating change in complex socio-technical and (sectoral) innovation systems. The workshop aims at attracting theoretical and empirical papers by academics working on innovation studies, comparative public policy, modes of governance, science and technology studies (STS), institutional studies, varieties of capitalism, international relations and global governance. As mentioned above, most of the work on socio-technical and innovation systems’ change and governance is dominated by multiple understandings of change and an unclear conceptualization of governance. This workshop wants to take a step further, enabling a theoretical and empirical advancement on what explains systems’ change and what are the mechanisms and processes of governing (effectively or not) these complex systems.

We invite theoretical an especially empirical papers dealing with the issues mentioned above. Specifically, we propose papers addressing the following dimensions for analysis:

The seminar is arranged by the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence and the Department of Business and Politics at the Copenhagen Business School, in collaboration with FUHU, Denmark.

The international program committee includes: Prof. Susana Borrás, Prof.  Jakob Edler, Prof. Stefan Kuhlmann, Prof. Andrea Bonaccorsi (tbc), Prof. Dietmar Braun; Prof. René Kemp, Prof. Jan-Peter Voss (tbc), and Prof. Michael Howlett.

Submission Guidelines and Deadlines

The workshop will extend over two days. It will convene internationally leading experts and scholars studying innovation systems and socio-technical change.

Please, note that there will be a limited number of participants.

Practical information

Participants with papers accepted for this workshop will be reimbursed all travel and accommodation costs. Participants will also be offered refreshments, lunch and dinner during the seminar.

There will be a maximum number of 20 participants to this workshop.

Practical information about hotels and travel indications will be sent in due time.

Questions regarding the academic content of this workshop can be put to the convener, Prof. Susana Borrás at sb.dbp@cbs.dk . All submissions must be made to this email address: coe.dbp@cbs.dk

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April 9-13, 2012

2012 MRS Spring Meeting and Exhibit

San Francisco, CA

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Materials Research Society Announces its Call for Papers for the 2012 MRS Spring Meeting and Exhibit

For details, visit www.mrs.org/spring2012.

Abstract Submission Site Opens — October 1, 2011

Abstract Deadline — November 1, 2011

Web submission only; fax or e-mail submissions will not be accepted.

In an era when "multidisciplinary" research is touted as essential to innovation, the 2012 MRS Spring Meeting and Exhibit, planned for April 9-13 in San Francisco, will serve as a key forum for you to present your research to a uniquely interdisciplinary and international audience.

Leading-edge researchers working in seemingly unrelated fields such as organic and hybrid-organic electronics, titanium dioxide nanomaterials, plasmonic materials and metamaterials, plasma processing and diagnostics for life sciences, and transforming education in materials science and engineering, will gather in San Francisco to exchange information across disciplines. And we believe that with your contributions, the 2012 MRS Spring Meeting will be the best yet!

The program features 54 technical symposia (11 co-sponsored by the Japan Society of Applied Physics) on topics that include:

For further information on the 2012 MRS Spring Meeting,

visit www.mrs.org/spring2012.

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April 10-13, 2012

Graphene 2012 International Conference

Brussels44Center

Brussels, Belgium

A Plenary session with internationally renowned speakers, extensive thematic workshops in parallel, an important industrial exhibition carried out with the latest Graphene nanotrends for the future will be some of the features of this event.

Following the overwhelming success of Graphene 2011, Phantoms Foundation is pleased to announce the second edition of this great event that will gather the Graphene community, including researchers, industry policymakers, investors and plans to be a reference in Europe in the upcoming years.

http://www.grapheneconf.com/2012/Scienceconferences_Graphene2012.php

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