The Status of Civil Science in Eastern Europe

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxviii

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2. Workings of CMEA Science

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Scientific-Technological Co-operation — Its Organization

      • Jozef M. Van Brabant

      Pages 3-40

   3. On the Economics of Scientific-Technical Co-operation

      • Jozef M. Van Brabant

      Pages 41-72

   4. Implementation of Plans

      • Richard W. Judy

      Pages 73-103

   5. Commentary

      • Michael Kaser

      Pages 105-109

3. Procedures and Linkages

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-111

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   2. East European, Soviet, and Western Science Compared: A Scientometric Study

      • George E. Vladutz, David A. Pendlebury

      Pages 113-128

   3. New Incentives for Research Intensity and Innovation in Polish Industry

      • Roland Scharff

      Pages 129-148

   4. Science, Technology and the Economic Salvation in Poland: Myths and Reality

      • Joseph J. Loferski

      Pages 149-159

   5. Research and Development Policy in Bulgarian Restructuring (Preustroystvo)

      • Robert Doumayrou

      Pages 161-172

   6. Computers and Scientific Research in CMEA Countries

      • František A. Janouch

      Pages 173-190

   7. Commentary

      • Helgard Wienert-Çakim

      Pages 191-196

4. Case Studies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 197-197

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   2. Biotechnology

      1. Biotechnology in Eastern Europe

         • Anthony Rimmington

         Pages 199-238

      2. Organisms as a Productive Force: Policy Goals and Research Projects in GDR Biotechnology

         • Rainer Hohlfeld

         Pages 239-248

      3. Pharmaceutical Sciences and Biotechnology in Hungary

         • Jean-Michel Derichard

         Pages 249-259

      4. Biotechnology (Food), Poland: The Łódź/Strathclyde Exchange

         • Brian J. B. Wood

         Pages 261-271

      5. Commentary

         • Stephen J. Cox

         Pages 273-277

   3. Physical Sciences

      1. Molecules and Electronics in Poland

         • Robert W. Munn

         Pages 281-288

The NATO Science Programme, under the direction of the Science Com­ mittee, mounted in September 1986 a successful meeting which examined the structure and outputs of civil science in the Soviet Union. As a topical sectoral examination of the evolutionary state of the Soviet Union under those in­ separable and elusive twins, 'perestroyka' and 'glasnost', it was successful in providing the basis for assessments of the likely future role of Soviet scientists in the world scene. Such meetings are infrequent events in the Programme calendar; the Science Programme has concentrated for thirty years almost exclusively on supporting scientific mobility in the Alliance countries. This it does, essentially, through the funding under competitive conditions, of fellow­ ships, exchanges and meetings of researchers. Such activities are a response to unsolicited scientific demand from the Alliance R&D community which sees mobility as an essential part of scientific dissemination (rather lacking it would appear from the following accounts in the Eastern European countries). The Committee, however, does like to act upon its own behalf in supporting wider perceptions of the place of R&D in the world by examining, from time to time, topics of strong current interest. These have taken the form of the consideration of particularly pressing issues, as arose for example in the series of energy and material supply crises of the seventies.

• Europe
• automation
• energy
• evolution
• food
• innovation
• organization
• perception
• physical sciences
• research
• research & development (R&D)
• science
• time

• Advanced Research Workshop Programme, Scientific Affairs Division, NATO, Brussels, Belgium

  Craig Sinclair

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