What could the future bioeconomy look like? In a piece published in Issues in Science and Technology, we offer a vision of an industrial ecosystem that better meets society’s changing needs.
Inclusive innovation districts
Can urban innovation districts be more inclusive? asks a Research Professional News opinion piece written by Alina Kadyrova, Kieron Flanagan, Philip Shapira and Elvira Uyarra.
Commercializing networks in emerging technologies
Commercialization networks in emerging technologies: the case of UK nanotechnology small and midsize enterprises. Fatemeh Salehi, Philip Shapira, and Judy…
Technological innovation dynamics in artificial intelligence domains
AI patents are analyzed to map technological innovation trends and patterns.
Policy interactions with research trajectories
The case of cyber-physical convergence in manufacturing and industrials. With Tausif Bordoloi and Paul Mativenga, I am a co-author of “Policy interactions…
“Research Pivots” during the pandemic
I have posted an initial bibliometric analysis of scientific publications and COVID-19 “research pivots” during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic (to date).
Considering the dilemma of societal alignment: A response
A rejoinder to comments received on “Introducing the dilemma of societal alignment for inclusive and responsible research and innovation.”
Bioengineering Horizon Scan 2020
A new paper highlights 20 emerging issues in bio-engineering.
What I’m reading: “The DARPA Model for Transformative Technologies”
January 20, 2020. DARPA — the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency — is often held up as a model…
Collaborating constructively for sustainable biotechnology
It is frequently claimed that synthetic biology offers biologically-based routes for producing chemicals and materials that are more sustainable than fossil-derived incumbents. A new paper in Scientific Reports probes this claim, for the case of bio-based nylon, using both deliberative and analytical approaches within a framework of Constructive Sustainability Assessment.
Philip Shapira 