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Knowledge, Power, and Policy: Constructing a Political Economy of Innovation and Research in Post-Apartheid South Africa

South Africa has long been a leader in scientific research and innovation on the African continent.

Michael Kahn Michael Kahn

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Technological knowledge: A new structure

The purpose of this project is to help energize the innovation chain — the sequence of events that leads from scientific discovery, to technological progress and on to practical application.

Placeholder image Rias Van Wyk

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Patent Offices – The Problem of Profits: What striving for PTO profits can do to a patent system

This project aims to address the economic mechanisms governing or heavily influencing all significant patent offices (PTOs) worldwide.

Christoph Ann Christoph Ann

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Leapfrogging Africa: Sustainable Innovation in Health, Education and Agriculture

Klingholz, Reiner, Sabine Sütterlin, Alisa Kaps and Catherina Hinz. 2020. Leapfrogging Africa: Sustainable Innovation in Health, Education a...

Reiner Klingholz Reiner Klingholz

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Grand challenges in humanitarian aid

Daar, Abdallah S., Trillium Chang, Angela Salomon, and Peter A. Singer. 2018. Grand challenges in humanitarian aid. Nature, 559(7713), 169–1...

Abdallah Daar Abdallah Daar

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Mutual innovation capacity building

One of the key assignments for my stay at STIAS will be to work out a proposal for the final agenda and format for a Round Table (RT) meeting to be held at STIAS in February 2016 together with Pontus Braunerhjelm.

Margareta Bergendahl Margareta Bergendahl
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