Comparative Technology Transfer and Society

Bruce Seely is a historian of technology with interests in the history of engineering education and research, and in transportation technology and policy. He brings to the journal familiarity with many of the classic fields and subfields of social science whose scholars have an interest in technology transfer: sociology, anthropology, economics, legal studies, geography, communications and rhetoric, regional studies, policy studies, as well as history. He can also connect with engineers and engineering. He can be reached at <bseely@mtu.edu>.

Per Østby is a professor of history of technology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture (ITK), Centre for Technology and Society (STS). He is the center leader of STS. His main research interests include the fields of cultural integration of science and technology, medical S&T, environmental S&T, cultural implications of design and innovation, and transport as meaning and function. He has participated in or directed several projects, both national and international, and has published in areas covering technological diffusion and cultural tensions and sustainable development. He can be reached at <per.ostby@hf.ntnu.no>.

Pär Blomkvist has a Ph.D. in History and is an assistant professor and lecturer in history of technology at the Department of the History of Science and Technology at the Royal Technical University, Stockholm, Sweden. Selected publications include: [End Page 338] Den goda vägens vänner. Väg- och billobbyn och framväxten av det svenska bilsamhället 1914-1959 (diss. 2001); Symposium (Friends of Good Roads. The Roads and Car Lobby and the Development of a Swedish Car Society, 1914-1959); "Ny teknik som politisk strategi. Svenska vägföreningen och det gryende bilsamhället 1914-1924" in Blomkvist, P., & Kaijser, A., Eds., Den konstruerade världen. Tekniska system i historiskt perspektiv, Symposion 1998; Mixing Science and Politics for Good Roads: The Swedish Road Association 1914-1924 (Uppsala: Centrum för transport och samhällsforskning (CTS) Working paper 1996:11). He can be reached at <pbl@kth.se>.

Per Lundin has an MSc in Engineering Physics from Umeå University. He is a doctoral candidate in history of technology at the Royal Institute of Technology. His research interests include history of technology, especially telecommunications and transport, as well as the meaning of objectivity in science and technology. He can be reached at <per.lundin@indek.kth.se>.

Erik W. Johnston is a Ph.D. student at the University of Michigan in the School of Information, specializing in information, economics, management, and policy. He is also part of the Center for the Study of Complex Systems, researching applications of agent-based simulations. At the University of Michigan, he is a STIET Fellow and President of the Doctoral Student Organization. He has an MBA and a Master of Science in Information Technology from the University of Denver. In the past year he has held invited talks at Newcastle University in Newcastle, England, and was part of the Caternetics speaker series in Zagreb, Croatia. He can be reached at <erikwj@msn.com>.

Van R. Johnston is a professor of management and policy at the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver. He has been Chair of Publications for the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), co-editor of Policy Studies Review, and Associate Editor of the Review of Policy Research. He was elected nationally to the Councils of both ASPA and the Policy Studies Organization. Dr. Johnston was...