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Prof. Dr. Dominique Foray – The phenomenal speed of innovation during the COVID pandemic – lessons learned from the crisis<\/p>

Science of Science in the Spotlight<\/i> (SciSci) is committed to provide a forum for multidisciplinary research exchanges in the field of Science of Science in Luxembourg through international collaborations with leading experts from complementary cognate research fields and disciplines.<\/strong><\/p>

One year ago, innovation economists predicted that the prospect for inventing or discovering COVID vaccines within a year was totally irrealistic. This prediction was based on two range of arguments : the classical argument about vaccine research market failures and the somewhat newer argument on the inelasticity of science. One year after, it looks like the prediction was wrong! In this talk we will discuss various reasons for the phenomenal speed of innovation during the COVID pandemic and some lessons learned from the crisis in the area of science and innovation policy.<\/p>

Remote Webex session: <\/strong><\/p>

Meeting link::\u00a0https:\/\/unilu.webex.com\/unilu\/j.php?MTID=m3a0b19a2a33c1ca7c8959caa72576305<\/a><\/p>

Meeting number: 163 346 1066<\/p>

Password: SciSci<\/p>

Please register by e-mail:\u00a0<\/strong>scisci@uni.lu<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p><\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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