Science and Innovations in Iran

This comprehensive book examines the Iranian government's mobilization of resources to develop science and technology, presenting an overview of the structure, dynamics, and outcomes of the government's science and technology policies. Authors are leaders in the industries they discuss and offer an unparalleled look into Iran's technology sector.

"This book shifts the focus from militarism and Islamic fundamentalism to the structure and reasons for the growth of science in the country . . . the book is a worthwhile reminder that Iran . . . is more complex than the story line that has been generally disseminated in the US. The chapters on the history of the science in Iran and the country's scientific educational system are particularly interesting . . . Recommended." - Choice

Autorentext
MOHAMMAD ABBASI Executive Manager, Sina Institute for Policy Making, Management and Innovation, Tehran, Iran MARYAM ASHRAFI PhD Candidate in the Industrial Engineering Department, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran SANAM FARNOODI PhD Candidate in the Department of Management and Economy, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran MAHDI GOODARZI Senior Executive at the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, Tehran, Iran SOROUSH GHAZINOORI Assistant Professor on the Faculty of New Science and Technology, University of Tehran, Iran SEPEHR GHAZINOORY Associate Professor of S&T Policy,Tarbiat Modares University, Iran REZA JAMALI PhD Candidate in the Department of Strategic Management, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran REZA MANSOURI Professor of Physics, Sharif University of Technology and Executive Manager, Iranian National Observatory Project, Tehran, Iran MANOUCHER MANTEGHI Associate Professor at Malek Ashtar University of Technology, Executive Director of Iran Aeronautical Organization, and former Executive Director of Iran Khodro Automobile Company, Tehran, Iran TAHEREH MIREMADI Assistant Professor and researcher at Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology,Tehran, Iran MARZIEH SHAVERDI Senior Specialist in Management of Technology, Iran Atomic Energy Organization, Tehran, Iran BEHZAD SOLTANI Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Kashan University, and formerly deputy Director Iran Atomic Energy Organization ABDOL S. SOOFI Professor of Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, Wisconsin, USA PARVIZ TARIKHI Space science and technology specialist on microwave remote sensing, Iranian Space Agency, Tehran, Iran FATEMEH SALEHI YAZDI PhD Candidate in Manchester Business School, UK, formerly a member of the Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council (INIC), Tehran, Iran MOHAMMAD ALI BAHREINI ZARJ Chief Executive Officer, Nanotech Fund, Tehran, Iran.

Inhalt
Preface; H.M.Doostdar Introduction; A.S.Soofi & S.Ghazinoory History of Science in Iran from a Physicist's Perspective; R.Mansouri From Developing a Higher Education System to Moving Toward a Knowledge Based Economy: A Short History of Three Decades of STI Policy in Iran; M.Goodarzi & S.Ghazinoori National Innovation System of Iran: A Functional & Institutional Analysis; A.S.Soofi , S.Ghazinoory & S.Farnoodi Information and Communication Technology: Between a Rock and a Hard Place of Domestic and International Pressures; S.Ghazinoory & R.Jamali Nanotechnology: New Horizons, Approaches and Challenges; F.S.Yazdi & M.A.B.Zarj Biotechnology in Iran: A Study of the Structure and Functions of the Technology Innovation System; T.Miremadi Nuclear Technology: Progress in the Midst of Severest Sanctions; B.Soltani & M.Shaverdi Iran's Aerospace Technology; P.Tarikhi , M.Abbassi & M.Ashrafi Automotive Industry: New Trends, Approaches, and Challenges; M.Manteghi Concluding Remarks; S.Ghazinoory & A.S.Soofi