TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENTS
In Press
"Socio-Political Evaluation of Energy Deployment (SPEED): An Integrated Research Framework Analyzing Energy Technology Deployment"
Journal Article, Technological Forecasting & Social Change
By Jennie Stephens, Research Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy, Elizabeth J. Wilson and Tarla Rai Peterson
This paper proposes a systematic, interdisciplinary framework for the integrated analysis of regulatory, legal, political, economic, and social factors that influence energy technology deployment decisions at the state level.
October 23, 2007
"Africa in the Age of Rapid Technological Change"
Presentation
By Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project
As part of International Relations Week at Harvard, Calestous Juma, director of the Belfer Center's Science, Technology, and Globalization Project, delivered the keynote address on Tuesday, Oct. 23, at the Center for Government and International Studies.
September 24, 2007
"Professor Calestous Juma Hosts Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez"
Media Feature
During his visit to Harvard University, President Leonel Fernandez had the opportunity to address a select group of Kennedy School students that applauded the Head of State's vision regarding the construction of a Metro Subway system in the Capital city Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, currently taking place. The visit was organized by Professor Calestous Juma, Director of the Science, Technology, and Globalization Project.
August 2007
Freedom to Innovate: Biotechnology in Africa's Development
Report
By Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project and Ismail Serageldin
"This report is about biotechnology and the role it can play for development in Africa. The report suggests specific and practical measures to advance development, quality of life and environmental sustainability using biotechnology."
July 6, 2007
"Build Africa's Economic Foundations First"
Op-Ed, Business Daily, (Nairobi)
By Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project
"African presidents have now returned home from Accra, Ghana, after discussing a critical issue for the future of Africa: the creation of a United States of Africa at the urging of Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi....Col Gaddafi has the right vision, but can correct his faulty strategy by helping to support the effective functioning of regional integration bodies, starting with northern and western Africa."
June 29, 2007
Open Access to Existing Technical Knowledge
Op-Ed, Business Daily, (Africa)
By Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project
Summer 2007
"Revisiting North Korea's Nuclear Test"
Journal Article, China Security, issue 3, volume 3
By Hui Zhang, Research Associate, Project on Managing the Atom
Hui Zhang re-examines the North Korean explosion on October 9, 2006. His research suggests that the test was likely not a failure if Pyongyang had planned for a yield of 4 kt, as it told Beijing prior to the event.
March 2007
"Incorporating Stakeholders' Perspectives Into Models of New Technology Diffusion: The Case of Fuel-Cell Vehicles"
Journal Article, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, issue 3, volume 74
By Gustavo Collantes, Research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Policy
The extreme dependency on oil of ground transportation systems across the world – particularly in the United States – has become a weakness in national economies.
Bruno D Rodrigues
February 13, 2007
"Progress and Development of Advanced Coal Technology in China"
Presentation
By Zhao Lifeng
IKONOS satellite/AFP
January / February 2007
"The North Korean Test and the Limits of Nuclear Forensics"
Magazine or Newspaper Article, Arms Control Today, (Letter to the Editor)
By Jungmin Kang, Frank N. von Hippel and Hui Zhang, Research Associate, Project on Managing the Atom
Hui Zhang provides a path-breaking technical assessment of the Korean nuclear test, publishing a comment (with co-authors Jungmin Kang and Frank von Hippel) on the test and the limits of nuclear forensics in Arms Control Today.
