Technopolis Group

Erik Arnold

Co-Founder, Senior Partner

Les bureaux: Technopolis GroupRoyaume-Uni
Courriel: erik.arnold@technopolis-group.com

Erik Arnold is co-founder and Senior Partner of the Technopolis Group, an Honorary Professor at the University of Manchester and a Visiting Professor at the University of Lund.  He has worked in research and innovation policy and evaluation since 1980, covering work in a wide range of disciplines handling research and innovation policy.  His work spans 38 countries as well as the European Commission and a range of international organisations including the OECD, World Bank, European Investment Bank, Nordic Council of Ministers, ESF, Science Europe and COST. He is expert in the design, management and implementation of large- as well as smaller-scale evaluations of research and innovation organisations, programmes and policies.  He has particular expertise in integrating peer review and social-scientific evaluation methods. 

Erik Arnold teaches evaluation at the University of Manchester and in various ad hoc short courses elsewhere.  He is a member of the editorial board of the journal Research Evaluation. He is British and was born in 1954.  He holds a BA(Hons) degree in English Literature (1976), an MSc in History and Social Studies of Science (1978) and a Doctorate in Science Policy (1983). He is fluently bilingual (English and Norwegian).  He also works in Swedish, Danish, German and French.  He was formerly a Research Fellow at SPRU, Sussex University (1980-85); a project manager at Booz.Allen and Hamilton (1986-91); and was attached as an expert to the IT and Telecommunications Task Force of the European Commission (1984-5).

Erik Arnold a écrit des articles.

Erik Arnold a écrit des rapports.