Social impacts of science, technology and innovation indicators: Interview with Fred Gault

Published: May 13, 2011, 9:42 a.m.

b'Indicators are a kind of technology, a product, which governs behaviour and develops in response to user needs. But what are the real-world social impacts of their development? Could innovation indicators be used to help poorer countries catch up? And is the EU on the right track in terms of monitoring and encouraging innovation? Click play for the answers to these questions and more. This podcast is based on the UNU working paper attached below. http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=584'