Regulating
Technological
Innovation
A Multidisciplinary Approach
Edited by Michiel A. Heldeweg
and Evisa Kica
90101 9 780230 363632 ISBN 978-0-230-36363-2 www.palgrave.com Pr inted in Gr eat Br itain
Regulating Techological Innovation is a collection of essays
concerning the relationship between regulation and technological innovation. It represents an academic exchange of ideas on the realities and challenges of regulating technological innovation and examines the regulatory issues of fostering technological innovation and its applications. The authors combine this with legal, economic and administrative science perspectives. The book provides answers to important questions including the following: M^Wjjof[e\h[]kbWjeho\hWc[mehamekbZX[ij\_jj^[d[[Zi of technology and innovation developments?
M^WjYecf[j[dY[iehWkj^eh_j_[ii^ekbZX[]_l[djej^[ regulatory actors and other stakeholders to shape the future paths of technology innovation?
M^Wjb[iiediYWdm[Z_ij_b\hecej^[hh[]kbWjeho\_[bZiWdZ how we can apply what we have learnt to further enhance the development of technological innovation?
Michiel A. Heldeweg is Professor of Public Governance Law at the Department of Legal & Economic Governance Studies, University of Twente, the Netherlands. In addition to this he is an Honorary Judge for the District Court of Almelo, the Netherlands, Administrative Law Division. His research inter-ests focus on regulation and innovation with special attention paid to hybrid regulation, legal design methodology and the field of Environmental and Energy Law.
Evisa Kica is a PhD candidate at the Department of Legal & Economic Governance Studies, University of Twente, the Netherlands. The PhD project is part of the NanoNextNL program, and focuses on the legitimacy of the standardisation process related to the field of nanotechnology. She is also involved in the project 'Study on the Quality of the Patent System in Europe' commissioned by Politecnico di Torino, with the European Commission, DG MARKT, as the ultimate funding authority.
