Wong Chan Yuan

Biography

Chan-Yuan is presently a senior lecturer at the department of Science and Technology Studies, University of Malaya. He is also researcher for Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) and Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT) in several research projects, and IDRC-sponsored projects on Innovation Policies and Inclusive Development of Asia. He received his Ph.D. in Applied Statistics from the Faculty of Economics and Administration of University of Malaya. Chan-Yuan graduated from Deakin University with a Bachelor s degree in Engineering and received his Master s degree in Systems Engineering and Management from Malaysia University of Science and Technology (a collaborative program with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology). He assumed a postdoctaral stint at the Department of Urban and Reginal Planning at Chulalongkorn University of Thailand. He was a visiting scholar at the UNU-MERIT of the Netherlands and the Institute of Technology Management of National Tsing Hua University of Taiwan. He has published in several international journals on industrial and innovation systems, public policies, R&D management and growth models for production of science and technology, including: 1) Information Science:Scientometrics, Journal of Informetrics, World Patent Information, Social Science Information 2) Planning and Development: Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Information Technology for Development, Journal of Comparative Asian Development, The RoundTable 3) Economics:Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Technological and Economic Development of Economy, Asian Journal of Technological Innovation, Engineering Economics, Institutions and Economies 4) Public Policy and Administration: Science and Public Policy, Review of Policy Research 5) Energy: Energy Policy, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 6) Area Studies: Pacific Review 7) Science and Technology Studies: Technology in Society, Science,Technology and Society and Malaysian Journal of Science and Technology Studies.

Research Interest

Sociology and Social Studies of Sciences and Technology (Scientometrics, Research Evaluation, Universities-Industry-Government Network Analysis) System Engineering (Technological/Innovation System, Technology Policy and Management, Science and Technology Assessment, Network Analysis) Economic Development and Growth (Evolutionary Economics, Economics of Catching-up, Growth Models for Production of Science and Technology, Diffusion Models of Innovation) Strategic Studies (Innovation Systems of Asian Economies, Innovation Financing, Rents-management for Socio-economic Transition) Policy Studies (Industrial Science and Technology Policies, Socio-economic Transition Processes and Transformation Policy, Evolutionary Science and Technology Policy)