by GK | Jan 1, 2012 | Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities, Research & Innovation
James J. Duderstadt, University of Michigan 2012 We live in a time of great change, an increasingly global society, driven by the exponential growth of new knowledge and knitted together by rapidly evolving information and communication technologies. It is a time of...
by GK | Feb 1, 2010 | Chapters and other contributions, Research & Innovation
Heather Munroe-Blum, McGill University 2010 The story of Canada’s innovation strategy begins with two key measurements: 1. Since 1990, Canada has ranked first fully eight times in the United Nation’s Human Development Index, which examines health, education and income...
by GK | Jan 1, 2010 | Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Research & Innovation
Chuck Vest, MIT Cambridge 2010 The early years of the 21st century have found the U.S., Europe and Asia increasingly committed to technology-based innovation as the road to economic prosperity. Every CEO has had a catchphrase to this effect on his or her tongue....
by GK | Jan 1, 2010 | Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership, Research & Innovation
Bertil Andersson, European Science Foundation 2010 Across the World, governments subscribe to the thesis that investment in research is a worthwhile public good for a number of reasons. Such investments are generally predicated on the view that research will lead...
by GK | Jan 1, 2010 | Chapters and other contributions, Human Resources, Missions & Responsibilities, Research & Innovation
Ellen Hazelkorn, Dublin Institute of Technology 2010 In 1992, Francis Fukyama reflected in The End of History and the Last Man on the transformative events signified by the collapse of the Berlin Wall. He argued that What we may be witnessing is not just the end of...
by GK | Jan 1, 2010 | Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership, Research & Innovation, Teaching & Learning
Fawwaz T. Ulaby, KAUST 2010 Education, research and economic development are among the highest priorities established by King Abdullah for Saudi Arabia. An equally important overriding priority for him is the development of women for greater participation in the...
