International Journal of Technology Management (IJTM)

International Journal of Technology Management

2009 Vol.46 No.1/2

Special Issue on Scientific Academies and Scientific Societies

Guest Editors: Professor Leo Tan Wee Hin and A/Professor R. Subramaniam


Pages Title and author(s)
1-8Scientific academies and scientific societies have come of age
Leo Wee Hin Tan, R. Subramaniam
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2009.022671
9-26How national science academies in developed countries can assist development in sub-Saharan Africa
Robert Edward Thomas Ward, Joann Fong, Bernard Eric Michael Jones, Lorna Ann Casselton, Stephen James Cox
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2009.022672
27-37The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters: current revival of a time-honoured institution
Ole Didrik Laerum, Kim Gunnar Helsvig, Reidun Sirevag
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2009.022673
38-50Role of scientific academies and scientific societies in promoting science and technology: experiences from Singapore
Leo Wee Hin Tan, R. Subramaniam
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2009.022674
51-70Still digging, still planting: the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences – knowledge yesterday, knowledge today and knowledge for tomorrow
Regis Cabral
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2009.022675
71-82When less is more but still not enough: managing academies of science in a globalised world
Mohamed H.A. Hassan, Daniel Schaffer
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2009.022676
83-96The Pacific Science Association: more than eight decades of science in and of the Pacific
R. Gerard Ward, Nancy Davis Lewis
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2009.022677
97-107The role of an academy of sciences and humanities
Pieter J.D. Drenth
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2009.022678
108-119Adapting to the future: the role of science academies in capacity building
Michael T. Clegg, John P. Boright
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2009.022679
120-131From a learned society to a 21st-century science broker: the Swiss Academy of Sciences as a partner in the dialogue with society
Ingrid Kissling-Naf
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2009.022680
132-145Scientific academies and scientific societies as agents for promoting science culture in developing countries
Leo Wee Hin Tan, R. Subramaniam
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2009.022681
146-164Communicating the public understanding of science: the Royal Society website
Jonathan P. Bowen, Ann Borda
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2009.022682
165-179G.W. Leibniz and scientific societies
Markku Roinila
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2009.022683
180-194On the decline of scientific societies
Joseph Agassi
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2009.022684