CNS Seminar (in-house)
The question of whether there is a paradox between nanotechnology's promise and realization will be disaggregated and explored in this presentation. Evidence will be drawn from work undertaken by Shapira, Youtie and their colleagues at Georgia Tech in tracking nanotechnology research and commercialization as part of the Research and Innovation Systems Assessment group of the Center for Nanotechnology in Society at Arizona State University. This includes the large-scale analysis of global publications, patents and corporate entry in nanotechnology and assessments of the pace of transition and processes of adoption for next generation nanotechnology materials and systems. Implications from this research will be drawn for the anticipatory management and governance of future rounds of nanotechnology policy, investment and application.