[PCST] Scientific Europe – Policies and Politics of the European Research Area

[Claus Madsen]

Dear PCST Colleagues,

You may be interested in learning about my new book 'Scientific Europe  
– Policies and Politics of the European Research Area', which also  
includes a chapter on European-level science communication and science  
education efforts over the last 10 years. The book has just been  
published by Multi-Science Publishing Co., UK.

Scientific Europe – Policies and Politics of the European Research  
Area, ISBN 978-1-907132-15-5

In March 2000 Europe’s leaders decided on a new and forward looking  
strategy for the European Union, aiming to develop a competitive  
knowledge-based economy. A main tool was the creation of a ‘European  
Research Area’. Exactly to the date, ten years hence, Claus Madsen  
examines how European cooperation in research has developed in the  
light of this political initiative. What has worked? What has failed?  
And what do we need to do in the future to strengthen Europe’s  
position in the world of scientific research. As the Portuguese  
Minister for Science, Jose Mariano Gago says in his foreword, "Claus  
Madsen took the time and energy to write an important book on the  
future of science policy in Europe": important, and also illuminating  
and stimulating for all those concerned with the vital issues of  
science policy and politics.

Further information can be obtained from Multi-Science Publishing Co.  
Ltd, 5 Wates Way, Brentwood, Essex CM15 9TB, United Kingdom, E-mail: mscience at globalnet.co.uk 
, Fax: +44(0)1277 223453.

Best regards,

Claus Madsen