R&D Perspectives. Promoting Innovation through Education, Culture and Communication

Research and development are critical topics in the context of the current economic crisis. From this perspective, one of the challenging purposes is to raise awareness of the importance of R&D as key factors for growth, social and economic stability in the contemporary world. During the European Year of Creativity and Innovation, the major goal in all fields is to underline the strong links between science and society in order to make development, research and innovation indispensable for sustainability and competitiveness. In this context, the International Conference on R&D Perspectives. Promoting Innovation through Education, Culture and Communication seeks to provide an international forum for the presentation of new research results and problems related to these topics. All scholars, researchers, policy makers and advisers with an interest in these explosive fields are invited to exchange ideas and approaches. Their contributions can be in the form of: theoretical presentation adding new insights to the debate in the literature; original empirical research; case studies