IERI in the news: New scientometrics centre connects science to society

03 December 2014

The Centre of Excellence in Scientometrics and Science, Technology and Innovation Policy – SciSTIP – outlined fields of research and how it will carry out its work at a scientific launch conference held at Stellenbosch University in South Africa earlier this month. A major aim is to produce comprehensive reviews of science and technology – the first in 20 years. The Centre of Excellence in Scientometrics and Science, Technology and Innovation Policy – SciSTIP – outlined fields of research and how it will carry out its work at a scientific launch conference held at Stellenbosch University in South Africa earlier this month. A major aim is to produce comprehensive reviews of science and technology – the first in 20 years.
Its institutional co­hosts are the Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology, or CREST, at Stellenbosch and the Institute for Economic Research on Innovation, or IERI, at Tshwane University of Technology.
SciSTIP will closely work with the Centre for Higher Education Transformation – CHET – in Cape Town and the Centre for Science and Technology Studies at Leiden University in the Netherlands.

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