... is to raise a concern about the context and framework that science, technology and innovation have in the finalized text for adoption that frames the SDGs especially regarding environmental degradation. The authors argue that emphasizing technology transfer in the agenda has the risk to do not recognize other...

... and social context inimical to the development and promotion of science in the Arab states are all hampering factors [3] . Moreover, in common with typically less-developed countries, the regional systems of innovation in the Arab region is inhibited by the deficient socio-economic infrastructure, weaker...

... at: a.mashal@qub.ac.uk; amashal01@que.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Diffusion Science Ammonium removal Breakthrough curve Natural zeolite Isotherm Zeolite is a mineral having considerable ion exchange capacities for various cations in aqueous solutions including...

.... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Technology Sustainable development Sustainable environment Science Driver behaviour Research institutions The “time headway” or “headway” is “the time, in seconds, between two successive vehicles as they pass a point on the roadway...

... of growth of the knowledge economies in the twenty-first century. In the decade of 1950s and 1960s the supremacy of the USA in science and technology and innovation was well known. With increasing globalization many new players have come to the forefront including India. The supremacy of the USA...

... and technological infrastructure to absorb, apply and create knowledge and disseminate information. Design/methodology/approach – Using various major international institutions’ databases (UN, World Bank, OCED, etc.), a holistic approach is used to analyse the critical role of science, technology...

...Jacques L. Hamel The paper provides a speculative reflection on the power of modern science, technology and innovation systems (STI) for revealing some distinctive style of modernity in Africa. The modernization of these systems, as the backbones of any mode of modernity, also requires...