Technology Governance
Technology Governance for Growth and Development
Technology Governance is an approach and a set of policies undertaken by the public and private sector and society actors in a given space in time to develop a knowledge base, social cohesion and competitiveness at the same time. So far, both in academic research and in policy advice, these aspects have tended to be separated. The Technology Governance program at Tallinn University of Technology is designed to bridge these gaps and to focus on research, teaching, and advice in an interrelated way.
Our two-year Masters program in Technology Governance is a technology-focused special graduate degree that could be placed in such areas as Innovation Policy, Industrial Policy and Development Economics as a realistic alternative to mainstream (“Standard Textbook”) Economics. Our curriculum includes the theory of uneven development and the history of economic policy. In that sense, this is the international Innovation Policy and High-Tech program with a solid foundation in history and theory, embedded in an exciting environment, that so many students and scholars were always looking for yet could not find!
Is this a relevant program to pursue during the current crisis? In fact, the crisis has made the Technology Governance approach more necessary than ever and in fact, the program can be said to prepare graduates both for “crisis management” and for the rebuilding time after as well. In addition, not only are several of the core faculty members among the earliest who predicted the coming of the collapse, but they are all actively, and in prominent practical and theoretical places, engaged in dealing with crisis now, both nationally and internationally.
For those who want to continue their graduate education on an even higher level, we also offer a PhD in Public Administration with a specialization in Technology Governance. Both degrees were fully accredited for the maximum possible duration by the national accreditation agency in 2009.
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