21 January 2008
| Sofia, Bulgaria
This international workshop is part of the activities of GARNET, a EU Research Network of Excellence under the Sixth Framework Programme. The workshop is carried out within the framework of a Jointly Executed Research Project "Technology, Innovation and Governance".
Garnet event - Sofia - Call for Papers.pdf
The workshop is organised by the Center for the Study of Democracy, Sofia under the coordination and scientific guidance of Professor Helge Hveem of the University of Oslo. The main objective of this project is to mobilise research on the international governance of knowledge. ‘Knowledge’ is broadly defined to cover knowlegde production such as basic research, competence building through higher education, and applied and embodied knowledge in terms of innovation and technology. The project focuses on the relationship between global and regional institutions and processes in the knowledge field:
- the internationalisation of national education, research and innovation systems
- governance of access to and dissemination of knowledge.
This call invites papers which study how multilateral and regional regulatory agencies and institutions, such as WTO’s GATS and TRIPS, UNESCO and the EU affect innovation and the use of IPRs on regional and national levels.
The case of SEE countries will be of particular interest and thus given priority in this workshop.
Please see the attached Call for Papers for further details.