New governance approaches for multilateral research to address global challenges
This research project aimed at formulating recommendations concerning the development of improved cooperation mechanisms in science, technology development and innovation, dealing with the issue of global challenges. During this process a first draft has been produced which will be submitted to the OECD Council for adoption after having passed several rounds of consultation successfully.
Project Lead:
Andreas Stamm
Project Team:
Aurelia Figueroa
Lidija Knuth
Jana Marie Mehrtens
Shabnam Mirsaeedi-Farahani
Financing:
Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF)
Time frame:
2008 - 2013
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completed
Co-operation Partner:
OECD Committee for Scientific and Technological Policy (CSTP)
International Bureau of the Federal Ministry for Education and Research, BMBF
Project description
In order to adequately address global challenges (e.g. climate change, energy security) dynamic progress in science, technology development and innovation is required. For quick development of scientifically backed solutions and to inform policy makers accordingly, multilateral approaches have to be developed. These will not substitute national research projects or bilateral cooperation but will play an important complementary role. However, science, technology development and innovation belong to the few important fields of human action, in which global governance structures are still very incipient. The Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) has commissioned the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), to develop the content and working modalities of a research project, in which the existing international structures in the area of science, technology development and innovation will be investigated. The focus was on disciplines and technology fields that are of paramount importance for addressing global challenges. In this process, the DIE worked closely with the OECD-Secretariat and the OECD Committee for Scientific and Technological Policy (CSTP). The project aimed at developing recommendations for the development of new or improved cooperation mechanisms in science, technology development and innovation in areas of global importance. These were presented at a final conference.
In the first phase of the project a multinational network of researchers and think tanks from OECD member countries, accession countries and enhanced engagement countries undertakes core case studies on different forms of multilateral research cooperation. The case studies are developed along a joint methodology and structure in order to ensure their coherency and in order to facilitate the drawing of general conclusions. The research will then be complemented by the analysis of other models of multilateral research co-operation. In the final phase of the project and based on the synthesis of the analytical work, a drafting team – composed of experts from the first two phases, policy makers as well as possibly additional specialists - will formulate recommendations or guidelines that will undergo a number of feedback rounds, negotiations and public consultation. Once the CSTP has agreed on the recommendations or guidelines, they will be submitted to the OECD Council for adoption.
Publications
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Regime conflict and their management in global environmental governance (forthcoming)
Zelli, Fariborz (2010)
in: Sebastian Oberthür / Olav S. Stokke (eds.), Institutional interplay and global environmental change: state of the art and perspectives, Cambridge, MA: MIT Pr. -
The architecture of global climate governance: setting the stage
Zelli, Fariborz et al. (2010)
in: Frank Biermann / Philipp Pattberg / Fariborz Zelli (eds.), Global climate governance post 2012: architectures, agency and adaptation, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Univ. Pr., 15-24 -
Options for long-term effective climate governance: conclusions and policy recommendations
Zelli, Fariborz et al. (2010)
in: Frank Biermann / Philipp Pattberg / Fariborz Zelli (eds.), Global climate governance post 2012: architecture, agency and adaptation, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Univ. Pr., 306-323 -
Globalisierung von Wissenschaft und Innovationsprozessen
Altenburg, Tilman / Britta Rennkamp (2010)
in: Dirk Messner u.a. (Hrsg.), Globale Trends 2010: Frieden - Entwicklung - Umwelt, Frankfurt: Fischer, 361-377 -
The fragmentation of the global climate governance architecture
Zelli, Fariborz et al. (2008)
in: Fariborz Zelli (ed.), Integrated analysis of different possible portfolios of policy options for a post-2012 architecture, 14-30 (ADAM Project Report D-P3a.2b) -
Die Rolle des Humankapitals bei der Technologieübertragung in Entwicklungsländer
Pegels, Anna (2008)
cege-Discussionpaper 71, Göttingen: Georg-August Univ. -
Globaler Wandel: Herausforderungen an Entwicklungspolitik und internationale Wissenschaftskooperation
Messner, Dirk (2008)
in: Georg Schütte (Hrsg.), Wissen schafft Entwicklung: Wissenschaftsförderung als Instrument der Entwicklungspolitik (Diskussionspapiere der Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung 13), 17-23 -
Der beschleunigte globale Wandel verändert die Nord-Süd-Beziehungen: Herausforderungen für die Entwicklungspolitik und die internationale Wissenschaftskooperation
Messner, Dirk (2008)
in: Georg Schütte (Hrsg.), Wettlauf ums Wissen: Außenwissenschaftspolitik im Zeitalter der Wissensrevolution, Berlin: Berlin Univ. Pr., 67-77 -
India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA): a new geography of trade and technology cooperation?
Drachenfels, Christian von / Romy Chevallier / Andreas Stamm (2008)
Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsgeographie 52 (1), 35-49 -
The provision of conflicting public goods: incompatibilities among trade regimes and environmental regimes
Zelli, Fariborz (2007)
Tübingen: Center for International Relations (Tübinger Arbeitspapiere zur internationalen Politik und Friedensforschung 49) -
Stärkung von wissenschaftlicher Kompetenz und tertiärer Ausbildung in den Partnerländern: deutsche Ansätze im europäischen Vergleich
Stamm, Andreas (2007)
in: EINS Entwicklungspolitik 19-20, 24-27 -
Science and technology: new forms of cooperation with sub-Saharan Africa
Stamm, Andreas (2007)
in: Stephan Klingebiel (ed.), Africa agenda for 2007: suggestions for the German G8 and EU Council presidencies, Bonn: German Development Institute (Discussion Paper 4/2007), 101–105 -
Perspektiven für die wissenschaftlich-technologische Zusammenarbeit Deutschlands mit Subsahara-Afrika
Müller, Inga (2006)
Discussion Paper 17/2006 -
International vernetzte Hochschulen als Ausgangspunkt technologischer Innovation in Entwicklungsländern?
Stamm, Andreas (2003)
in: Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsgeographie 47 (2), 97-108 -
Wissenschaftliche Politikberatung: einige Anmerkungen zu einem schwierigen Verhältnis
Messner, Dirk (2003)
in: Gerhard Hirscher / Karl-Rudolf Korte (Hrsg.), Information und Entscheidung: Kommunikationsmanagement der politischen Führung, Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Verl., 163-183 -
Technologie und Innovation: verpasst Lateinamerika den Anschluss an die Wissensgesellschaft?
Stamm, Andreas (2002)
in: Klaus Bodemer / Detlef Nolte / Hartmut Sangmeister (Hrsg.), Lateinamerika Jahrbuch 2002, Frankfurt/M.: Vervuert (Lateinamerika Jahrbuch 11) -
The fragmentation of global governance architectures: a framework for analysis
Biermann, Frank et al. (2009)
in: Global Environmental Politics 9 (4), 14-40 -
Perspectives for Germany's scientific-technological cooperation with Subsaharan Africa
Müller, Inga (2007)
Discussion Paper 14/2007 -
Wissenschaftskooperation: neue Formen der Zusammenarbeit mit Subsahara-Afrika
Stamm, Andreas (2006)
in: Stephan Klingebiel (Hrsg.), Afrika-Agenda 2007: Ansatzpunkte für den deutschen G8-Vorsitz und die EU-Ratspräsidentschaft, Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (Discussion Paper 18/2006), 107–112