Alistair Nolan edited this publication. Alistair Nolan also wrote Chapter 1 (“An overview of key developments and policies”) as well as Chapter 5 (“Artificial intelligence, digital technology and advanced production”). Mr. Nolan, and all the authors of this publication, work in the OECD’s Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation.
Fernando Galindo-Rueda wrote Chapter 2 (“How are science, technology and innovation going digital? The statistical evidence”).
Carthage Smith wrote Chapter 3 (“Digital technology, the changing practice of science and implications for policy”).
Chapter 4 (“Digital innovation: Cross-sectoral examples and policy implications”) was written by Dominique Guellec, Caroline Paunov and Sandra Planes-Satorra.
James Philp wrote Chapter 6 (“Digitalisation in the bioeconomy: Convergence for the bio-based industries”).
Chapter 7 (“The digitalisation of science and innovation policy”), was written by Michael Keenan, Dmitry Plekhanov, Fernando Galindo-Rueda and Daniel Ker.
Dominique Guellec, Head of the OECD’s Division for Science and Technology Policy, provided detailed comments throughout. Valuable comments were provided by Andy Wyckoff and Dirk Pilat, Director and Deputy-Director, respectively, of the OECD’s Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation.
Mark Foss provided editorial support. Serve Blandine gave statistical assistance. Florence Hourtouat and Beatrice Jeffries formatted and checked the text of successive drafts. And Angela Gosmann oversaw all aspects of the publication process. Their contributions are gratefully acknowledged.
Thanks are likewise due to the delegates to the OECD’s Committee for Scientific and Technological Policy who provided comments on chapter drafts.
Thanks are similarly due Professor Morten Irgens, of Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet), who arranged sponsorship for, and gave intellectual support to, a joint workshop between OsloMet and the OECD in Oslo on 1 and 2 November 2018. The workshop, titled “Digital Technology for Science and Innovation – Emerging Topics for Policy and Assessment”, explored emerging issues at the intersection between digital technologies and policies for science and innovation. Many of the ideas examined at that event appear in this publication.