Philip Shapira

Part-Time Professor

Member Of:
  • School of Public Policy
  • Technology Policy and Assessment Center
Office Location:
DM Smith 314

Overview

Philip Shapira is a Professor in the School of Public Policy at Georgia Institute of Technology and Professor of Management, Innovation and Policy with the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester. His interests encompass science and technology policy, economic and regional development, innovation management and policy, industrial competitiveness, technology trajectories and assessment, innovation measurement, and policy evaluation. Prof. Shapira's current and recent research includes projects that examine nanotechnology research and innovation systems assessment, responsible research and innovation in synthetic biology, and next generation manufacturing and institutions for technology diffusion. Prof. Shapira is a director of the Georgia Tech Program in Science, Technology and Innovation Policy and the Georgia Manufacturing Survey. He is co-editor (with J. Edler, P. Cunningham, and A. Gök) of the Handbook of Innovation Policy Impact (Edward Elgar 2016) and (with R. Smits and S. Kuhlmann) of Innovation Policy: Theory and Practice. An International Handbook (Edward Elgar, 2010). Prof. Shapira is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

For recent publications by Prof. Shapira, please visit: http://works.bepress.com/pshapira/ and Google Scholar.

Philip Shapira is on Twitter @pshapira

Education:
  • Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, City and Regional Planning
  • M.A., University of California, Berkeley, Economics
  • M.C.P., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, City Planning
  • Dip.TP (Dist.), Gloucestershire College of Art and Design, U.K.

Interests

Research Fields:
  • Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy
Geographic
Focuses:
  • Asia (East)
  • Europe
  • United States
  • United States - Georgia
Issues:
  • Regional Development
  • Emerging Technologies - Innovation
  • Small and Midsize Enterprises
  • Technology Management and Policy

Recent Publications

Journal Articles