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The study of the genesis and historical trajectory of the modern science and technology. A comparative approach at two fronts: preindustrial western and non-western civilizational complexes and cosmologies. Modes of knowledge production and practical application of knowledge. Ethical-political considerations guiding pre-modern and modern approaches to reality. Particular emphasis on the history of scientific progress since the Industrial Revolution; transformation from industrial to post-industrial/information society.

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An introduction to political economy of science, technology, and policy. Basic concepts, alternative theories, and recent developments in the economics of technology and innovation. Characteristics of technological activity: patterns of technological activity and markets for technology. Comparative analyses of science and technology policies in industrial and developing countries, and the experience of NICs. Interactions between technology (policy) and society.

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This course focuses on recent trends, new approaches and main challenges in innovation policy-making, governance, policy implementation and evolution. Topics to be considered include the new concepts on innovation and innovation policy (such as inclusive innovation, third generation innovation policy, public innovation etc.) innovation governance, policy-making cycle, evidence-based policy-making, key methods used for the design of policies and policy measures as well as for evolution of policies and measures. The course further focuses on specific examples from a wide range of countries.

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This course intends to introduce the main terminology and concepts used in science and technology policy studies related research. Students will also be theoretically and practically educated in certain research methods and specifically doing academic research. The curriculum includes an ethics module. The course is designed for students that will write a MS or PhD thesis, but other students can also benefit from the course.

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Longwaves and industrial revolutions; Liszt and national system of production; Schumpeter and creative destruction; learning economy, tacit and codified knowledge, national innovation systems; regional innovation systems, technological systems, globalization.

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The proposed course focuses on Technology Assessment (TA). TA constitutes a scientific and societal response to problems at the interface between technology and society. Responsible Research & Innovation (RRI) is the scientific research and technological development process that considers the current and potential societal and environmental impacts. The students will understand the idea, concept, and the stakeholders of TA&RRI and how it applies to the development of different technologies.

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Technology; technological change; innovation; technology transfer; technological activities in import substitution based industrialization versus outward oriented industrialization; appropriate technology;externalities; market failure in innovation; national system of innovation

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Complex adaptive systems, multi-agent simulation models, the bottom-up approach to social systems, learning and evolutionary games, genetic algorithms, agent based simulation models, network evolution.

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With the improved understanding of innovation and innovation systems and with the increase in the challenges that needs to be addressed by innovation policies, new concepts and approaches in policy-making and implementation are being developed and implemented both in developed and developing countries. Also, internationally accepted methods and tools used in policy and program design, implementation and evaluation are important for the stakeholders of the Turkish innovation system. Therefore, this course focuses on recent trends, new approaches and main challenges in innovation policy and programme cycle and aims to develop capabilities of the students on this new understanding and tools and methods.

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The aim of the program is to teach the students the offical regulations and applications in Turkey. Some technoparks and university research and applications centres will be reviewed.

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Innovative capacities and competitive strategies for SMEs are incredibly considered by academicians and practitions. In terms of competitiveness, innovation ability and capacity have of course been under spot. In order to increase the innovative capacity, various concepts (networking, clustering, mutual learning etc.), and incentives by governments have been realized. The innovation capacity of local companies is considered. The relationship between industry and university as well as the characteristics of SMEs in terms of competitiveness are deeply studied to support for economic policies of the country. Innovative SMEs are strong to pave in local and international markets.

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Financing R&D and innovation; public policy; justification of public intervention in technology; classifications of public technology policies; recent trends in technology policies; government intervention in technological change in Turkey; monitoring and evaluation of public policies/programs; evaluation concepts, causal relationship; ex-ante/ex-post evaluation, forms of additionality, analysis of evaluation reports.

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Comparative analysis of production and service systems (Taylorism, Fordism, flexible production, etc.). Technology and labor process. Recent changes in work organizations in industry and services. The experience of developed countries and NICs. Universal validity and transferability of new production technologies and work organizations to developing countries. Work organizations in large and small scale firms in Turkey.

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Structural analysis of industries. Generic and specific competitive strategies. Case studies on Turkish industries and firms. Choice of technology, organization and the corporate strategy. Network and strategic alliances. Design and management of research projects. Seminars by leading firms on their innovation and R&D strategies.

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The proposed course focuses on knowledge management within a company, namely the set of acts and routines that aim to stimulate efflcient knowledge production and knowledge flow. By unpacking the key mechanisms for knowledge management (rather than focusing directly on innovation indicators), this course focuses on the key steps a company should take in order to create a favourable organizational environment for innovation.

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Recent changes in information and communication technologies, and their impact on the economy. The structure of world telecommunications industry: states, firms, and strategies. Pricing issues. Privatization in Turkish telecommunications industry.

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Labour process theory; the relationship of man and the machine; mechanisation versus craft work; skill and knowledge at work; historical analysis of technical change in the labour process; technological change in the workplaces; contemporary debates on technology and work.

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The course is aimed to increase the awareness of the students on the intellectual property rights. Additionally one of the aims is to give detailed information for obtaining the rights together with enforcement in Turkey and in the World.

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Economic and scientific concerns in registration/granting of the Intellectual Property (IP) Rights, effects of IP rights in international trade, technology development, and dissemination of technological information, international Agreements on globalization in international trade, EU Policy for harmonization in the internal market, new trends in IP policies in the world, implementation of patent rights, state of the art search before preparation of the documents for patent application, drafting the description, claims, figures and abstract, patent application through patent Co-operation Treaty (PCT), patent application through European Patent Convention (EPC), implementation of industrial design rights.

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Art vis-à-vis ancient techné and modern technology. The technological enframing and Regelkreis of the late industrial-modern age. The post-industrial and post-modern conditions under which contemporary modes of artistic activity take place. The possibility of art in the information age. Art as saving power and sheltering vs. Art as information flow and commodity. The ethical function of the aesthetic dimension. The question of Umwelt. The possibility of Truth via artworks in the information age. Towards a visual ontology.

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Science and technology policies of the postwar era are intended as instruments of national and regional economic competitiveness, high living standards and sustained progress. The course provides a critical study of the major science and technology policy documents in their historical settings. An appraisal of the political, economic and structural aspects of actions prescribed in such documents, the envisaged role of science and technology in achieving national and regional goals and the trends in policy making are covered.

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The transfer of technology and knowledge to different stakeholders of innovation systems is an important policy issue, which requires public intervention. The main rationale behind this intervention is to address market failures dealing with incomplete markets for technology and IP transfer, as well as systemic failures at regional, national and global systems of innovation which may be related not only to the institutional problems but also weak networking and linkages between different actors involved in the supply and demand of knowledge and technology. Policy instruments in this context aims to facilitate the knowledge and technology transfer and their commercialization through a number of means such as supporting research and private sector interactions, developing innovative clusters, improving regulations to support IPR commercialization, promoting innovative public procurement, and funding start-ups and spin-offs.
The concept of knowledge and technology transfer has become a central focal point in the enterprise system as well with the rise of the concept of open innovation. As described by
Chesbrough, `open innovation is a new paradigm that assumes that firms can and should use external ideas as well as internal ideas and internal and external paths to market, as the firms look to advance their technology `. Although initially promoted as a business-driven phenomenon, open innovation is now a central point in knowledge and technology transfer policies, as it requires firms to search and acquire know-how and IPR from universities, research institutions and other firms.

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The course aims to create technological awareness, especially on IT technologies. The role of IT in daily life, in communications, in e-commerce, in personal usage is to be taken out of the black-box to point out possible problems and risks, together with introduction to counter concepts like e-security, IT usage policies, suggested applications.

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The course aims to create awareness and provide ability to manage IT technologies, especially at company/project scale. Methods and resources of such management, and existing efforts for standardization are exploited as milestones.

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Cotemporary issues about IT Governance as a whole; but major concentration upon-IT Organizations & Strategy,-IT Management & Best Practices,-IT Processes & Standards,-IT Project Management,-Business-IT Alignment,-IT Control Standards & Security,-IT Risk Management & Audit issues will be thoroughly discussed and practiced in this course. By focusing on Business Requirements and Business-Technology Alignment; well-applied Global Best Practices, Assessment Methodologies, Process Maturity and IT Risks will examined. Besides experiencing the technology impact and its leverage on business world, the protection & control of information & information assets will be the common perspective of this lecture. In addition to a medium weight of reading materials; membership to and follow-up of some major professional e-groups and discussion lists, research over the Internet, Control Risk Assessment & IT Audit Project assignments, in-class case studies, workshops, simulations and presentations will be the lecture’s in & out of class study/practice material.

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This course aims to provide theoretical discussions about technology and social change by focusing on the contexual debates concerning five historical periods; modernity, industrial revolution, the postmodern critique, the technological turn and the contemporary revolution in digital technologies. This course will examine how the facts and artifacts produced by scientists affect the course of history: how scientific knowledge changes peoples self-perceptions and how it affects social relations.

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21st century concepts, technologies and terminology, research, search and awareness. Philosophy of engineering ethics, change in values. Human resources for research and its management. Change in research infrastructure needs and modeling and simulation. From basic research to the product. Innovation, competition and cooperation. Technology watch. The importance of technology foresight efforts and its implementation. Effect based approach for solving problems. Capability based planning and its application to defense. Technology gap between nations and its affect on the international collaboration. Assessment of technology maturity level. Converging technology.

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During the course, the participants are expected to acquire: (i) understanding how ICT can change work organization; (ii) ICT and labour, who benefits from ICT; (iii) social aspects of innovation; (iv) the policy implications of the two literatures, how to deal with labour issues as a result of work organization and the localization versus globalization debate. And at the end of the course, the participants are expected to posses: (i) the ability to analyze the implications of the globalization process. Firms and production are becoming globalized; (ii) the ability to compare and contrast localization issue with globalization of production, (iii) the ability to examine the appropriate policy tools that stems from the localization versus globalization issue.

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From a business perspective, the course will focus on the linkage of technology and business strategies, key R&D business processes, issues in global R&D management, methods of measuring and optimizing the return on the R&D investment, commercializing technology and the commercial development process, technology intelligence, organization and human resources issues in the R&D, and leveraging private investors including Venture Capital (VC) and public R&D support programs. Case studies from international benchmark studies and best practices will be discussed. The course will move deliberately between strategic issues (why does business do R&D?) and managerial and organizational issues (how should business do R&D?), though the focus of the course is more on better understanding of private R&D behavior for policy design.

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Research commercialization, technology transfer, knowledge economy, techno-entrepreneurship, innovation management, knowledge intensive entrepreneurship, academic entrepreneurship, triple helix

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This course is an introduction to qualitative methods of social research. This course addresses both the practical how to dimensions of qualitative methodology and method, and the epidemiological and theoretical commitments and stances that are tied to these methods. The course will (1) provide students with an introductory understanding of qualitative inquiry in the social sciences; (2) provide and opportunity for students to learn how to conduct and critique research that uses qualitative methodology;(3) understand research ontologies and epistemologies driving qualitative research perspectives that include certain assumptions about humans; (4) provide an opportunity for students to conduct fieldwork and begin using tools for data collection such as interviewing, focus group interviews, field-based observations; (5) analyze qualitative data.

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Survey of current theory , method, and empirical studies at intersection of bibliometrics, seeking to understand flow and development of ideas through published record, whether in print, electronic form, or other media.

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Seminars on genetics and biotechnology, flexible automation technologies, new materials, optics, information and telecommunications technologies, etc.

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Challenging the Role of Entrepreneurs; Opportunity Analysis: Five Phases to Success; Preparing A Cash Flow Forecast; Five Steps To Formulating A Successful Marketing Plan; Preparing The Marketing Analysis And Plan; Five Steps To Successful Database Marketing; What Is A Business Plan? Choosing Your Goals and Objectives; Setting Performance Benchmarks; Writing the Business Plan; How to Write a Loan Proposal; How to Apply for a Loan; Evaluating High-Growth Businesses; Deciding Whether to Go Public; Secure Method for E-Commerce; Trademarks; Copyrights; Patents; Documenting Your Ideas; Applying for a Patent; Trade Secrets; Which Form of Ownership is Best? Forms of Doing Business.

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This course surveys a range of topics in the area of economics of innovation and technological change. Topics to be considered include the economics of the innovative activities, the contribution of innovation and research to economic growth, and the influence of market structure and competitive environment on the production of innovations. The course further focuses on specific examples from the history of technological innovation.

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The course begins with the discussion of the relation between innovation and competitiveness. In this context, systems of innovation together with its effect on firms and technology policy is introduced. The course also focuses on the policy issues such as energy systems and environmental policy, clustering, research and development policy, and information and communication technology policy and strategy.

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A comprehensive understanding of technology and its meaning in social development entails situating technology within the broader historical transformations. Beginning from the ancient Greek philosophy to the twenty-first century, the issue of technology has occupied a significant place. The course discusses philosophy of technology in this context.

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The course mainly discusses the regulation of science and technology in the case of developing countries. The discussion is linked to national and regional systems of innovation. The course also extends the policy analysis to the concept of technology foresight and regional and national competitiveness.

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The course focuses on the use of quantitative methods in science and technology studies. It specifically focuses on introductory level econometrics to present the basic tools of a widely used method in STL. It also considers a wider discussion of economic analysis for science and technology policy indicators with the use of international technology databases. The course i designed as theory, application and data analysis and also includes an ethics module. There will be regular lectures every week and recitations when needed.

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Introduction to basic concepts in research methods in science and technology. Technology foresight methods; Delphi survey. Project management principles, concepts, tools and techniques. Impact assessment methods of R&D investments. Ethics in science and technology; the relations between science, technology, society, and ethics.

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This course aims at providing an understanding of a basic work plan required to write a dissertation proposal, identifying the main elements of a dissertation proposal and designing a dissertation proposal in the field of Technology Management.

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This course aims to provide an understanding at an advanced level of needs, expectations, challenges and approaches in managing technology and innovation at the firm level. The students will be able to criticize and evaluate currently implemented or proposed approaches based on the relevant literature.

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This course aims to cover data sets encountered in social sciences; sampling techniques; preparing surveys in social sciences; econometric analysis of qualitative variables; and econometric analysis of limited dependent variables.

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The objective of this course is to cover the empirical models that are heavily used in analyzing cross section and panel data. Some of the important models that will be covered in this course are Fixed-Effects Models, Models with Random Effects, and Dynamic Models.

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