Science and Innovations in Iran

1. Introduction
Abdol S. Soofi, Sepehr Ghazinoory

2. The History of Science in Iran from a Physicist’s Perspective
Reza Mansouri

3. From Developing a Higher Education System to Moving toward a Knowledge-Based Economy: A Short History of Three Decades of STI Policy in Iran
Mehdi Goodarzi, Soroush Ghazinoori

4. The National Innovation System of Iran: A Functional and Institutional Analysis
Abdol S. Soofi, Sepehr Ghazinoory, Sanam Farnoodi

5. Information and Communication Technology: Between a Rock and a Hard Place of Domestic and International Pressures
Sepehr Ghazinoory, Reza Jamali

6. Nanotechnology: New Horizons, Approaches, and Challenges
Fatemeh Salehi Yazdi, Mohammad Ali Bahreini Zarj

7. Biotechnology in Iran: A Study of the Structure and Functions of the Technology Innovation System
Tahereh Miremadi

8. Nuclear Technology: Progress in the Midst of Severe Sanctions
Behzad Soltani, Marzieh Shaverdi

9. Iran’s Aerospace Technology
Parviz Tarikhi, Mohammad Abbassi, Maryam Ashrafi

10. The Automotive Industry: New Trends, Approaches, and Challenges
Manochehr Manteghi

11. Conclusion
Sepehr Ghazinoory, Abdol S. Soofi

Avainsanat: Political Science and International Relations, Middle Eastern Politics, Political Science, Engineering, general, Political Economy, Public Policy, Science, general