Towards a university agenda on engineering policy and the management of technology
by Pedro Conceicao, Manuel Heitor
International Journal of Technology, Policy and Management (IJTPM), Vol. 1, No. 2, 2001

Abstract: In view of the current socio-economic context, in which innovation is a key driving force for sustainable development, which challenges are facing Technical Universities to enhance and nurture innovation and better contribute to help developing and exploiting engineering, science and technology? This broad question has motivated the work behind the present paper, which considers the development of university research and education on engineering policy and the management of technology to complement current engineering disciplines. It is argued that these areas represent an emerging engineering discipline, which helps in promoting learning trajectories for the inclusive development of society, but also contributes to for the use of new metrics for knowledge. The analysis builds on the experience of developing post-graduate education in engineering policy and the management of technology at the Instituto Superior Tecnico of the Technical University of Lisbon, in a context much influenced by a dynamic of change and a necessary balance between the creation and diffusion of knowledge.

Online publication date: Mon, 18-Aug-2003

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