The Atlas of Ideas
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The Atlas of Ideas was a three year programme at Demos, which explored changes in the global geography of science and innovation. Between 2005 and 2008, it published studies of China, India, South Korea and Brazil.
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- East Asian Science, technology and Society (EASTS): an international Journal We strongly believe that East Asian STS will offer fresh STS perspectives because of her special local experiences, sharing similar cultural and colonial history, similar meteorological and biological makeup, and similar global positions with respect to the West. from : mollywebb 26th June 2006
- Hwang Woo-suk New York times article about the controversial new techniques used by Dr. Woo Suk Hwang (In korea spelled: Hwang Woo-suk)AP coverage on Hwang's response to religious outcryEthical Debates covered in The Korea TimesHe's also on a newly formed committee of experts in charge of guiding Korea's future in science and technology - June 3 article in Korea HeraldNew US legislation on stem cell research HR 810 from : mollywebb 13th July 2006
- The new geography of science from : mollywebb 3rd November 2006
- The Atlas of Ideas Final Conference Join us for The Atlas of Ideas conference, where policymakers, business leaders, scientists and opinion formers from across Asia, Europe and the US will gather to debate the new geography of science. from : mollywebb 3rd January 2007
- The Atlas of Ideas We used to know where new ideas would come from: established universities and corporate research centres in highly developed countries. Think again. from : mollywebb 16th January 2007
- China: The next science superpower? China in 2007 is the world’s largest technocracy: a country ruled by scientists and engineers who believe in the power of technology to deliver social and economic progress. The country is at an early stage in the most ambitious programme of research investment since John F Kennedy embarked on the race to the moon. But statistics fail to capture the raw power of the changes that are under way, and the potential for Chinese science and innovation to head in new and surprising directions. from : mollywebb 16th January 2007
- India: The uneven innovator Indian science confounds easy clichés. Many Indias coexist, all moving at different speeds. World-class science exists alongside grinding poverty. But India’s uneven innovation brings significant strengths as well as weaknesses. Flows of people, ideas and culture, both within India and across its global diaspora, are generating new businesses, new opportunities and a growing sense of national confidence. from : mollywebb 16th January 2007
- Korea: Mass innovation comes of age South Korea’s transformation from ‘hermit kingdom’ to a global technology power has been the most dramatic development story of the last half century. Yet the Korean state cannot afford complacency as other Asian powers rise around it. from : mollywebb 16th January 2007
- Sub-Saharan Science I’m in Washington DC, at a World Bank meeting on science and innovation for development. A new consensus appears to be emerging amongst African leaders about the importance of building up their science, technology and innovation capacity. Yesterday we heard a series of impressive presentations from the science ministers of Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria and South Africa, all of whom are scaling up their levels of investment and ambition. Nigeria, for example, is using part of its recent... from : jameswilsdon 16th February 2007
- China fears brain drain as its overseas students stay put | Students | EducationGuardian.co.uk China suffers the worst brain drain in the world, according to a new study that found seven out of every 10 students who enrol in an overseas university never return to live in their homeland. from : tomrichardson 4th June 2007