1. An Observatorium for Science in Society based in Social Models Kick-off meeting SISOB Kick-off Meeting

2. Fondazione Rosselli / 1 Fondazione Rosselli is an independent and not-for-profit research institute founded in 1988 in Turin, Italy. Mission  Promoting basic and applied research activity in the economic, social and political field as an input for public policies at European and national level;  Fostering the contribution of all scholars and researchers in social and economic sciences in the framework of a cognitive and interdisciplinary approach through costant feedback process. SISOB Kick-off Meeting2

3. SISOB Working group / 1 Aldo Geuna Full Professor at the Dept. of Economics, University of Turin Adjunt Professor at Grenoble Ecole de Managment Core expertise: Socio-Economic analysis of University research behaviour and its links to Innovation and Economic growth aldo.geuna@unito.it http://www.personalweb.unito.it/aldo.geuna/ Cornelia Meissner Post-doc researcher at BRICK, Carlo Alberto and at Fondazione Rosselli PhD in Economics from City University, London, 2010 Main research interest: Economics of Science and Innovation specifically in University – Industry collaboration cornelia.meissner@unito.it http://www.staff.city.ac.uk/~sbbc581/cv.htm SISOB Kick-off Meeting3

4. SISOB Working group / 2 Paula Stephan Professor of Economics, Georgia State University Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research Currently serving on the U.S. Board on Higher Education and Workforce, National Research Council pstephan@gsu.edu http://www.gsu.edu/~ecopes/ Federica Rossi Post-Doctoral researcher at the University of Turin Research Fellow at the Centre for Innovation Management Research of Birkbeck College Areas of expertise: Industrial economics, Economics of Science and Innovation rossi.federica@unito.it http://brick.carloalberto.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id =64&Itemid=70 SISOB Kick-off Meeting4

5. SISOB Working group / 3 Raimondo Iemma Research fellow at Fondazione Rosselli, Project manager at COTEC MSc in Management Engineering, Polytechnic of Turin Research ninterests: Ecoomics of Innovation, Information Economics raimondo.iemma@fondazionerosselli.it raimondo.iemma@fondazionerosselli.it http://www.evpsi.org/evpsifiles/Raimondo%20Iemma%20-%20short%20cv.pdf Giovanni De Rosa Knowledge Manager at Fondazione Rosselli Administrative tasks giovanni.derosa@fondazionerosselli.it SISOB Kick-off Meeting5