Sisule F. Musungu - The United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference is taking place in Copenhagen from Monday, 7th December 2009 to 18th December 2009. More than 15,000 delegates are expected to be in the city in the name of saving the planet. The amount of information and hype is dizzying! But what does all these mean, how much do we understand about what needs to be done at policy level? While the science is there, the challenge remains developing the right policies to address the challenge. During the period of the conference we will be blogging on the Ideas in Development on various issues under discussion and the policy implications. Within the IQsensato network there will also be various individuals on Twitter.
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Monday, December 7th, 2009The Political Economy of Intellectual Property in the Emerging Alternative Energy Market
Saturday, August 8th, 2009Carolina Rossini and Silas Bauer - The alternative energy field represents a unique case for studying the trends regarding political economy of intellectual property (IP) in an emerging market. Some of the technology can be considered mature; however many are the barriers - technical, political or related to funding - that justify a young market in many countries. It is these issues that are at the centre of our research under the Industrial Cooperation Project at the Berkman Centre at Harvard University. This research is part of a broader project being led by Prof. Yochai Benkler. In the research, we are seeking to understand the approaches to innovation in the alternative energy sector looking specifically at wind, solar and tidal/wave technologies. The intention is to map the degree to which open and commons-based practices are being used compared to proprietary approaches.
