Sustainable Europe Research Institute (SERI) is one of the leading European research institutions in the
field of environmental accounting and material flow analysis, integrated economic and environmental modelling, policies to use sustainable natural resources as well as indicators for sustainable
development.
University of Twente, the young entrepreneurial university, sets standards in the field
of new technologies and seeks to stimulate change, renewal and progress in
the society. University of Twente is one of the partners of the One Planet Economy Network.
It works with
the technologies of the future (information technologies, bio- and nanotechnologies), in which behavioural and social
science research play vital role. After all, the most interesting
and relevant innovations take place at an interface between
technologies and its implications for the mankind.
Posted by Wagdy Sawahel, University World News (August 22, 2010)
Saudi Arabia has announced plans to continue the rapid expansion of
higher education as part of its ninth five year development plan, for
2010-14. About quarter billion dollar annual investment in science
and technology research will help strengthen the country's growing
international position in the innovation capacity.
