Explorations

Fora of strategic intelligence : conditions for their emergence – results of the Forum exploratory project
Two developments had driven PRIME to propose such a direction. On the one hand the 1990s had witnessed multiple developments on participatory technology assessment or more widely participatory engagement and deliberation. The assessment made of such developments (see the ASSESS ST GOV workshop and review report, 2004) concluded that there was a dual need to better conceptualise the (...)

From Regional Innovation Systems to Regional research and innovation policies : the ERISP exploration
ERISP was a second round of reflection when colleagues demonstrated that nearly all work on regional dimensions dealt with systems, milieus and clusters, and did not address policy as such, simply seen as national policy writ small (see 2006 ERA Spaces reports, see also presentations and sessions at PRIME Paris and Pisa conferences, see the specific workshop in Bilbao, 2007). Support was (...)

Knowledge and development of African countries : Africa Prime
This project aimed to look at research and innovation systems in/of developing countries without the common bias of defining weaknesses in terms of the differences with what developed countries (TRIAD countries) do and can do.
Undeniably, there are weaknesses (cf. also the appendix to the technical annex with an overview of African countries), but these should be seen as aspects of the own trajectory of the countries.
The (...)