 Interdisciplinarity in biotechnology, genomics and nanotechnologyScience and Public Policy, 2012, vol. 40, issue 1, 97-112 Abstract: In this paper we study developments in biotechnology, genomics and nanotechnology in the period 1998--2008. The fields show changing interdisciplinary characteristics in relation to distinct co-evolutionary dynamics in research, science and society. Biotechnology emerged as a discipline in publication patterns at the same time as the number of biotechnology departments increased, whereas genomics emerged as a stable discipline, while the number of genomics departments declined. Nanotechnology maintains an interdisciplinary journal citation pattern while the number of nanotechnology departments increased. In all three fields the importance of industry--university collaborations increased, albeit to different degrees. Patterns of interdisciplinarity can thus be distinguished, as different ways in which the three dynamics co-evolve. From a governance perspective, this conceptualization provides distinct rationales for policy interventions in relation to interdisciplinarity in research, science and society. Copyright The Author 2012. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com, Oxford University Press. Date: 2012 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:oup:scippl:v:40:y:2012:i:1:p:97-112 Access Statistics for this article Science and Public Policy is currently edited by Nicoletta Corrocher, Jeong-Dong Lee, Mireille Matt and Nicholas Vonortas More articles in Science and Public Policy from Oxford University Press |
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