Towards European Science

Edited by Linda Wedlin, Associate Professor, Uppsala University, Sweden and Maria Nedeva, Professor of Science and Innovation Dynamics and Policy, University of Manchester, UK

‘Introduction of a common European currency has been, and is, a process bristling with difficulties. Will establishing European science be any easier? The contributors to the volume have treated this question with the seriousness it deserves. The results steer away from an easy optimism, but emphasize the importance of such enterprise. This insightful text should be of interest to policy makers and scientists alike, not the least because it shows how the two groups influence each other.’

• Contents:1. Towards European Science: An IntroductionLinda Wedlin and Maria Nedeva2. From ‘Science in Europe’ to ‘European Science’Maria Nedeva and Linda Wedlin3. European Research Area: An Evolving Policy AgendaTerttu Luukkonen4. Actor Constellations in the European Funding AreaDietmar Braun5. Executive Governance of European Science – Technocratic, Segmented, and Path Dependent? Åse Gornitzka6. Transnational Organizations Defining Quality and ExcellenceLinda Wedlin and Tina Hedmo7. Organizing Knowledge Institutions – Standardizing DiversityIvar Bleiklie, Gigliola Mathisen Nyhagen, Jürgen Enders and Benedetto Lepori8. Academies and their Roles in Policy DecisionsLars Engwall9. The Internationalisation of Research InstitutesLaura Cruz-Castro, Koen Jonkers and Luis Sanz-Menéndez10. Quo Vadis European Science?Linda Wedlin and Maria Nedeva Index