Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
This course is designed as a policy complement to the existing STPS courses. The course will start with introductory material on policy making in general and technology policy in particular. After introduction of policy tools in making technology policy there will be several guest speakers on recent trends in science and technology policy, policy tool design, policy evaluation, energy policy, nanotechnology policy and a recently developing topic space policy.
There will be no mid-term or final exam. The evaluation will be made on the basis of several home-work assignments, in-class participation and presentations.
IMPORTANT NOTE: THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS FROM TIME TO TIME WHO WILL GIVE YOU INFORMATION ABOUT SOME POLICY TOOLS THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING APPLIED. THESE SESSIONS WILL GENERALLY BE ORGANIZED IN THE EVENING AROUND 18:00 AND LAST ABOUT TWO HOURS.
Course Outline:
Week 1: Introduction
Chaminade, C. and Edquist, C. (2010), Rationales for public policy intervention in the innovation process, in Smits, R.E., Kuhlmann, S. and Shapira, P., The theory and practice of innovation policy, Edward Elgar: Cheltenham. pp. 95-114.
Week 2: 1st Taxonomy supply versus demand side
Steinmueller, E (2010), Economic of Technology Policy, in Hall, B. and Rosenberg, N. eds. Hand Books in Economics, Economics of Innovation, Vol. 2.. North Holland: Amsterdam. pp. 1181-1218
Edler, J. (2010), Demand-based innovation policy, in Smits, R.E., Kuhlmann, S. and Shapira, P., The theory and practice of innovation policy, Edward Elgar: Cheltenham. pp. 275-303.
Week 3: 2nd Taxonomy neo-classical versus evolutionary
Lipsey, R. (1998), Technology policy in neo-classical and structuralist-evolutionary model, STI Review, 22, 31-74.
Metcalfe, J.S. (1994), Evolutionary economics and technology policy, Economic Journal, 104 (425), 931-944.
Smits, P. Kuhlmann, S. and Teubal, M. (2010), A system-evolutionary approach for innovation policy, in Smits, R.E., Kuhlmann, S. and Shapira, P., The theory and practice of innovation policy, Edward Elgar: Cheltenham. pp. 417-449.
Week 4-5: In-class discussion on policy tools
Students are expected to bring two policy designs around to world and shortly introduce the policy using a taxonomy of policy designs. These will be first two homeworks of 10 pts. each.
Week 6: Evaluating policies
Guest speaker: Sinan Tandoğan, TUBİTAK
Week 7: STI policy trends from 1960-2016
Fresh results from a bibliometric analysis of STI policy
Week 8: A new look at government policy: entrepreneurial state
A brief introduction of Mariana Mazzucato’s book on Entrepreneurial State. This week aims at the role of government in setting a STI base. Should it be regulating or actively creating markets?
Week 9-10 Student presentations on policy tools for Turkey
Students are expected to design a policy tool for Turkey and do a 15-minute presentation on the tool. The student has to defend her/his design against questions. Homework 20 pts.
Week 11: University and Industry: Challenges of the past and the future
Is a new science-industry policy possible?
Week 12: University and Industry: Challenges of the past and the future
Is a new science-industry policy possible?
Extra reading material
Lhillery, S. (2005), Research and Development Tax Incentives: a comparative analysis of various national mechanisms, in Llerena, P. and Matt, M. (eds), Innovation policy in a knowledge based economy, Springer, pp.221-250
Borras, S. and Edquist, C. (2013), The choice of innovation policy instruments, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 80 (8), 1513-1522.
Bleda, M. and del Rio, P. (2013), The market failure and the systemic failure rationales in technological innovation systems, Research Policy, 42(5), 1039-1052.
Jones, B. (2010), As science evolves how can science policy?, NBER WORKING PAPER 16002.
Metcalfe, J.S. (2005), Systems failure and the case for innovation policy, in Llerena, P. and Matt, M. (eds), Innovation policy in a knowledge based economy, Springer, pp.47-75.
Stoneman, P. and Diederen, P. (1994), Technology diffusion and public policy, Economic Journal, 104, 918-930.
One of the first books on STI topics can be accessed fully from the NBER website
http://papers.nber.org/books/univ62-1
Grading:
HW 1 example policy design 10 pts
HW 2 example policy design 10 pts
HW 3 taxonomy building based on the discussion on first two HWs 20 pts
HW 4 new policy design for Turkey + presentation 20 pts
TAKEHOME FINAL 30 pts
Participation to discussions in class 10 pts