Indicators on Science, Technology and Innovation.
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Session 1. S&T indicators: lessons from the history

Thursday 16th November, 10.25 - 12.30

Chair: Ghislaine Filliatreau, Observatoire des Sciences et Techniques, Paris

Presentations

Authors Title
Michael Sokal
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Stargazing: James McKeen Cattell, American men of Science and the Reward Structure of the American Scientific Community, 1906-1944
presentation (pdf)
Julie Bouchard
Laboratoire "Communication et Politique", CNRS, Paris
The Prehistory of Statistics on Science and Technology in France: from Inventories to Statistics
presentation (pdf) - paper (pdf)
Alison Young, Gunnar Westholm
Consultants, former at OECD
The Participation of the Nordic Countries in the early Development of OECD R&D Statistics
presentation (pdf) - paper (pdf)
Giorgio Sirilli
ISSiRFA-CNR, Rome
Developing Science and Technology Indicators at the OECD: Uses and Abuses of S&T Indicators in Policy-Making
presentation (pdf) - paper (pdf)
Benoît Godin
INRS Urbanisation, Culture et Société, Montréal
The Value of Science: Changing Conceptions of Scientific Productivity 1869 - circa 1970
presentation (pdf) - paper (pdf)


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