Philip Shapira

Professor School of Public Policy Phone: 404-894-7735 Email: ps25@prism.gatech.edu Web sites: http://www.cherry.gatech.edu Ph.D., University of California, Berkley Field: City and Regional Planning

Research:

Creative Capabilities in Science and Technology (CREA): Researchers from the Technology Policy and Assessment Center (TPAC) at Georgia Tech's School of Public Policy are collaborating with two highly recognized European partners, the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI) and Sussex University's Science and Technology Policy Research Unit (SPRU), in a new study to examine creative capabilities and the promotion of highly innovative research in Europe and the United States (CREA).  The Georgia Tech team is led by Philip Shapira, Professor of Public Policy and TPAC Senior Fellow, and also involves School of Public Policy faculty Juan Rogers, Diana Hicks, and Cheryl Leggon. In the CREA project, the team of German, British and US partners is setting out to find the most creative researchers in genetics and nanoscience and to learn from them what makes for excellence in research. The study will probe not just the personal characteristics of the researcher, but also the environment in which he or she works. The findings are expected to hold important lessons for science and technology policy. The CREA project is sponsored by the Newly Emerging Science and Technologies program of the European Union and will run for 18 months from the beginning of 2005.

Publications:

Shapira, P., and Youtie, J., “Learning to Innovate: Building Regional Technology Development Learning Networks in Mid-sized Cities,” European Planning Studies, forthcoming (2008).

Youtie, J., Shapira, P., and Laudeman, G., “Supply, Demand, and ICT-based Services: A Local Level Perspective,” Telecommunications Policy, Vol. 31, No. 5, 2007.

Hegde, D. and Shapira, P., “Knowledge, technology trajectories, and innovation in a developing country context: Evidence from a survey of Malaysian firms.” International Journal of Technology Management, Vol. 40, No. 4., 2007.

Heinze, T., Shapira, P., Senker, J., and Kuhlmann, S., “Identifying Creative Research Accomplishments: Methodology and Results for Nanotechnology and Human Genetics,” Scientometrics Vol. 70, No. 1, 2007, pp. 125-152.

Shapira, P., and Youtie, J., “Measures for Knowledge-Based Economic Development: Introducing Data Mining Techniques to Economic Developers in the State of Georgia and the US South,” Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Vol. 73, 2006, pp. 950-965.

Shapira, P., Youtie, J., Yogeesvaran, K., and Jaafa, Z., “Knowledge Economy Measurement: Methods, Results and Insights from the Malaysian Knowledge Content Study,” Research Policy, Vol. 35, No, 10, pp. 1522-1537, 2006.

G. Fuchs and P. Shapira (eds.). Rethinking Regional Innovation and Change: Path Dependency or Regional Breakthrough? Norwell, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2005.

P. Shapira and R. Furukawa. Evaluating a Large-Scale Research and Development Program in Japan: Methods, Findings and Insights. International Journal of Technology Management 26(2/3/4) (2003): 166-189.

P. Shapira and S. Kuhlman (eds.). Learning from Science and Technology Policy Evaluation. Northampton, MA and Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishers, 2003.

P. Shapira, P., J. Youtie and S. Mohapatra. Linking Research Production and Development Outcomes at the Regional Level. Research Evaluation 12(2) (2003): 105-116.