(English) More than a decade after the publication of the Science and Society report by the House of Lords, which introduced concepts such as dialogue and public engagement that significantly contributed to change theories and practices of science communication, it seemed reasonable to take some...

IRPPS/CNR finalised, in 2001, a questionnaire designed to mine information about foreigners engaged in research in Italy. We found that the numerical presence of foreign researchers was not proportionately negligible with respect to the total number of researchers in Italian public research...

The article deals with benchmarking in the field of innovation in European countries. The concept of benchmarking is widely used at the firms’ level as well as in the field of research, innovation, knowledge. Experiences promoted by the European Union aimed at positioning the various countries...