Universities in the Age of Corporate Science: The UC Berkeley-Novartis Controversy
Universities in the Age of Corporate Science: The UC Berkeley-Novartis Controversy
by Alan P. Rudy, Dawn Coppin, Jason Konefal, Bradley T. Shaw, Toby Ten Eyck, Craig Harris and Lawrence Busch
Temple University Press, 2007 eISBN: 978-1-59213-535-6 | Paper: 978-1-59213-534-9 | Cloth: 978-1-59213-533-2 Library of Congress Classification LC1085.2.U56 2007 Dewey Decimal Classification 378.103
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
As a result of widespread financial pressures, U.S. research universities increasingly stress the pursuit of funding beyond that available from government grants and contracts. Concomitantly, recent legal changes have encouraged universities to develop closer ties to the private business sector.This book represents the most thorough review ever undertaken of a major collaboration between industry and academe. A professional evaluation team obtained authorization for unprecedented access to those associated with the landmark $25 million contract entered into by the Plant and Microbial Biology Department at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Novartis Agricultural Discovery Institute, a subsidiary of Novartis, an international pharmaceutical and agribusiness conglomerate.This model study presents the inside story of the partnership itself, places it in the context of contemporary university-industry relationships, and provides a larger theoretical framework for evaluating such collaborations in the future.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Alan P. Rudy is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Michigan State University.Dawn Coppin is the Executive Director of the Homeless Garden.Jason Konefal is a Doctoral Candidate, Department of Sociology, Michigan State University.Bradley T. Shaw is Licensing and Marketing Manager in the Office of Intellectual Property at Michigan State University.Toby A. Ten Eyck is Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and the National Food Safety and Toxicology Center, Michigan State University.Craig K. Harris is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and the Food Safety and Policy Center at Michigan State University.Lawrence Busch is Director, Institute for Food and Agricultural Standards and University Distinguished Professor, Michigan State University.
REVIEWS
"A landmark study of the continuing corporatization of higher education. It is unique: no other work has its depth and thoroughness regarding one particular (and particularly important) university-industry relationship."—Christopher Newfield, author of Ivy and Industry: Business and the Making of the American University, 1880-1980
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
Glossary of Acronyms
Introduction
Chapter 1: Theoretical Framework
Chapter 2: The Changing World of Universities
Chapter 3: Land Grant Universities, Agricultural Science and UC Berkeley
Chapter 4: A Chronology of Events
Chapter 5: Points of Contention
Chapter 6: Overview and Analysis of the Agreement
Chapter 7: The Agreement and the Public Stage
Chapter 8: The Scientific Enterprise
Chapter 9: Intellectual Property Rights
Chapter 10: Impact and significance of UCB-N on UCB and CNR
Chapter 11: Rethinking the Role of Public and Land Grant Universities
Chapter 12: Constructing the Future: Revisioning Universities
List of Tables
List of Figures
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