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The Research Policy Institute (Swedish : Forskningspolitiska institutet) at Lund University, Lund, Sweden, is an academic research institute devoted to studies of science, technology and society. Founded in 1966 by Stevan Dedijer, the institute is nowadays a part of Lund School of Economics and Management. The institute's research program is divided on three main areas: "Research policy, and the dynamics of scientific fields", "Knowledge and innovation for development", and "Studies of risks and risk management (including social intelligence)". It has a newly started doctoral programme in research policy, which is the first in the specific field in Sweden. [1]

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References

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