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Postdoctoral Fellowship, Intellectual Property Research, McGill University

The successful candidate will join the VALGEN project team under the supervision of Professor E. Richard Gold in McGill’s Faculty of Law. For more information click here



Brief Submitted to the Supreme Court of the United States – Gene Patents

Amici Brief of Scholars in Law, Medicine, Health Policy and Clinical Genetics.  Submitted to the Supreme Court of the United States by a group of academics led by VALGEN Investigator Dr. Richard Gold, the brief urges the Supreme Court to hear an appeal from the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the [...]



Policy Brief No. 27 Citation Analysis and the Evolution of Collaborative R&D



Policy Brief No. 26: Institutional and Behavioural Analysis of Technology Transfer



VALGEN RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY, Professional Research Associate or Postdoctoral Fellow, Foresight

A Research Associate or Postdoctoral Fellowship position is available immediately to perform scholarly research and provide leadership in the area of science and technology foresight related to innovation policy.  For more information click here.



Policy Brief No. 25: Anti-GM Activism and Social Media: The Price of Apathy



Synthetic Biology at the Interface of Science and Policy, Sept. 30, 2011

On September 30, 2011, the University of Ottawa’s new Institute for Science, Society and Policy is hosting the colloquium, Synthetic Biology at the Interface of Science and Policy.  This is the first international conference on synthetic biology to take place in the nation’s capital and will bring together experts from academia, government and the NGO sector [...]



Policy Brief No. 24: Public Participation in Science Policy: Cross-National Differences



Feedback requested – new Masters program on the Bioeconomy

ESRC Innogen Centre is planning a new Masters program focused on the bioeconomy, innovation and governance and would appreciate your feedback in this 5 minute survey.



Policy Brief No. 23: Improving Regulatory and Governance Oversight and Management