The Evolutionary Dynamics of Discursive Knowledge

Communication-Theoretical Perspectives on an Empirical Philosophy of Science

Loet Leydesdorff (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

X, 247 Seiten

2021 | 1st ed. 2021
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-59950-8 (ISBN)

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This open access book addresses three themes which have been central to Leydesdorff's research: (1) the dynamics of science, technology, and innovation; (2) the scientometric operationalization of these concept; and (3) the elaboration in terms of a Triple Helix of university-industry-government relations. In this study, I discuss the relations among these themes. Using Luhmann's social-systems theory for modelling meaning processing and Shannon's theory for information processing, I show that synergy can add new options to an innovation system as redundancy. The capacity to develop new options is more important for innovation than past performance. Entertaining a model of possible future states makes a knowledge-based system increasingly anticipatory. The trade-off between the incursion of future states on the historical developments can be measured using the Triple-Helix synergy indicator. This is shown, for example, for the Italian national and regional systems of innovation.

lt;p>Loet Leydesdorff (Ph.D. Sociology, M.A. Philosophy, and M.Sc. Biochemistry) is Professor emeritus at the Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCoR) of the University of Amsterdam. He is Associate Faculty at the Science and Technology Policy Research Unit (SPRU) of the University of Sussex, Visiting Professor of the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China (ISTIC) in Beijing, Guest Professor at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, and Visiting Fellow at the School of Management, Birkbeck, University of London. He has published extensively in systems theory, social network analysis, scientometrics, and the sociology of innovation. With Henry Etzkowitz, he initiated a series of workshops, conferences, and special issues about the Triple Helix of University-Industry-Government Relations. He received the Derek de Solla Price Award for Scientometrics and Informetrics in 2003 and held "The City of Lausanne" Honor Chair at the School of Economics, Université de Lausanne, in 2005. In 2007, he was Vice-President of the 8^th International Conference on Computing Anticipatory Systems (CASYS'07, Liège). Since 2014, lists him as a highly-cited author at clarivate

Born:

August 21, 1948 in Djakarta (Dutch Indies)

Current Address:

Hogeweg 76, 1098 CG Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Institutional Affiliation:

Amsterdam School of Communications Research,
University of Amsterdam

Nationality:

Dutch

Marital status:

married with two children

EDUCATION

1984

Ph.D. in the Faculty of Social Sciences (sociology)

1977

M.A. Philosophy

1973

M.Sc. Biochemistry (cum laude)

1969

B.Sc. Chemistry (cum laude)

1966

Gymnasium beta

WORK EXPERIENCE

2014-2016-(2019)

Guest Professor at Zhejiang University, Hangzhou

Associate Faculty at SPRU - Science and Technology Policy Research of the University of Sussex

2014-2017

2017

Academician of the Intern. Academy for Systems and Cybernetic Sciences

2016

Honorary President of the Triple Helix Association

2015

Honorary President of the World Association for Triple Helix & Future Studies (WATEF), South Korea.

2013-

Emeritus, University of Amsterdam

2010-2018

Professor, "Communication and Innovation in the Dynamics of Science and Technology", University of Amsterdam

2013-2016

Honorary Professor at SPRU - Science and Technology Policy Research of the University of Sussex

2007-2013

Honorary Fellow of SPRU - Science and Technology Policy Research of the University of Sussex

2013-2016

Visiting Professor at the School of Management, Birkbeck, University of London

2007-

Visiting Professor at the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China (ISTIC) in Beijing

2007

Vice-President of the 8^th Intern. Conf. on Computing Anticipatory Systems (Liège)

2006-2010

Honorary Research Fellow at the Virtual Knowledge Studio of the Netherlands Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences

Knowledge-Based Innovations and Social Coordination.- The Communication Perspective as an Empirical Philosophy of Science.- Scientific Communication and Cognitive Codification.- The Semantics of Shannon-type Information.- Relations, Positions, and Perspectives on Innovation.- Synergy in a Triple Helix of University-Industry-Government Relations.- Regions, Innovations, and the North-South Divide in Italy.- Horizons of Meaning in Anticipatory Systems.- The Generation of Redundancy against the Arrow of Time.- Codification and Anticipation in Techno-Cultural Evolutions.- Inter-Human Communications and the Possibility of Science.- Subject Index.- Author Index.- Bibliography.

"This is very interesting and promising research area which has great potential to enlarge our capabilities in understanding the dynamics of social systems and improve our forecast capabilities as to future yet to happing events. ... The book seems highly relevant, written in clear concise language and should arouse great interest among the readers." (Inga Ivanova, Technological Forecasting & Social Change, Vol. 167, 2021)

Erscheinungsdatum	02.01.2021
Reihe/Serie	Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Scientific and Scholarly Communication
Zusatzinfo	X, 247 p. 50 illus., 30 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	559 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung
Schlagworte	A calculus of redundancy • Anticipatory Systems • entropy statistics • horizons of meaning • neo-evolutionary • open access • operationalisation and measurement • social-systems theory • Triple-Helix synergy
ISBN-10	3-030-59950-7 / 3030599507
ISBN-13	978-3-030-59950-8 / 9783030599508
Zustand	Neuware