Academic Catalog

STPS519 R&D POLICIES AND EVALUATION METHODS

Course Code: 8310519
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: Science And Technology Policy Studies
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
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Offered Semester: Fall and Spring Semesters.

Course Content

Financing R&D and innovation; public policy; justification of public intervention in technology; classifications of public technology policies; recent trends in technology policies; government intervention in technological change in Turkey; monitoring and evaluation of public policies/programs; evaluation concepts, causal relationship; ex-ante/ex-post evaluation, forms of additionality, analysis of evaluation reports.