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Attilio Stajano

Attilio Stajano lectures since 2000 at the University of Bologna, Italy, on Research and Technology Policy in the European Union. This course is taught in English. Students considering to enroll in this course should visit this URL Other courses taught in Italian, are described here.

Attilio Stajano was during 14 years a civil servant at the European Commission, where he worked, as the adviser to the director of esprit, a programme of research and technological development in information technologies, aimed at strengthening the European information technology industry through cross-borders co-operative research and development projects. Esprit has been one of the forerunners of the Information Society Technologies programme, launched in 1999. Prior to that, Attilio held various positions with IBM, covering a broad range of experiences: research, development, teaching, professional training, management and administration. During his postgraduate studies and his career at IBM, Attilio Stajano had research and lecturing appointments at the Universities of Rome, Pisa and Bari, in Italy and at the Laboratories of Frascati, Italy and of CERN, Switzerland.

Attilio Stajano was the 1998 European Union Fellow at the Center for West European Studies (CWES) and at the Graduate School for Public and International Affairs (GSPIA), University of Pittsburgh, PA. He was available to faculty and students as a resource, providing information and networking on matters related to EU policies and programmes. In addition, he studied the process of technology transfer in the Universities of Pittsburgh and in general in the US, establishing contacts with the research community and its business outreach.
During winter and spring 1999, Attilio Stajano was visiting professor and European Scholar in Residence at the European Union Center of Georgia Tech, in Atlanta. GA, offering a course on Technology Policy in the European Union. He was available as a resource on matters related to EU policies and programmes, and to provide information and networking to faculty, students and to Georgia Tech business outreach.
Attilio Stajano was Interport lecturer at the Summer 2001 Program of Semester at Sea, University of Pittsburgh, PA. .
The second edition of this book by Attilio Stajano is now available at Springer and is sold also by any on-line bookshop such as www.amazon.com or www.amazon.co.uk

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Attilio Stajano, University of Bologna, Italy
Research, Quality, Competitiveness
European Union Technology Policy for the Knowledge-based Society
2009. 2nd ed. Approx. 625 p. Hardcover
ISBN: 978-0-387-79264-4 e-ISBN: 978-0-387-79265-1
Forewords by Brian M. Murphy and Alberta M. Sbragia

This book, written by a former EU officer with an extended industrial experience, is not a scholarly monograph on political science, but rather a pragmatic description of the community R&D policy and its implications on competitiveness.
This book covers a gap in EU policy literature by addressing the intersection between research policy and industrial policy. It analyzes how the EU supports the competitiveness of domestic companies and the common objective of sustained (and sustainable) economic growth. It proves how difficult is the challenge that Europe is facing and suggests -as a contribution to its solution- investments in education, training, lifelong learning, research, and infrastructures. There is no certitude that the EU, let alone Italy, will win the international competition, but there is nevertheless, a role that the EU can play by proposing to the world our founding values of solidarity and peace and the European dream according to which quality of life prevails on the accumulation of wealth. This new edition is thoroughly revised and extended to incorporate updated and new material and data on the 7th R&D Framework Program, the Lisbon Agenda, the EU Reform Treaty, and the EU enlargement. An exhaustive introduction to the founding principles, institutions, and activities of the EU and an overview of the 15 new and candidate member states is also provided. The appendix and accompanying website contain ancillary distance-learning material, extended readings, country-specific data, and other materials for producing course notes and visuals. The book will be useful for lecturers, students, politicians and civil servants who are interested in EU technology policy as well as for professionals who are involved in EU funded R&D projects.

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