Manuel Fernández Esquinas

INNOVACIÓN – Sociology of innovation

Manuel Fernández Esquinas is Senior Researcher at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) at the Institute for Advanced Social Studies (IESA).

He has a doctorate in Political Science from the Complutense University of Madrid. He has worked at and undertaken research visits at universities in the UK (London South Bank University), Australia (Western Sydney University, University of Wollongong) and the USA (Indiana University, University of New Mexico). He was director of the Technical Unit of Applied Studies at IESA, where he undertook several applied sociology studies on social problems, public opinion, and public policy assessment and analysis. He has also worked as an adviser and consultant for the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, international organisations such as the OECD, APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) and regional governments. He is one of the Spanish delegates at the OECD Committee for Scientific and Technological Policy.

His research interests are focused on the social conditions that influence processes of innovation. He has published several books and chapters in collected works for CIS, CSIC, Edward Elgar, Cambridge Publishing and other international publishers. His articles can be read in journals such as Regional Studies, Science and Public Policy, Public Understanding of Science, Higher Education, European Planning Studies, Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas, Revista Internacional de Sociología and Arbor, amongst others. A selection of publications can be consulted here.

In recent years, his work has involved training researchers, the evaluation of science, and decision-making processes in science policy. He is particularly interested in practical uses of sociology and social sciences in general. In addition, he has undertaken studies on the relationship between businesses and universities, enterprise creation and the effects of knowledge transfer on innovation. He is also involved in projects that investigate the socioeconomic impact of RDI and the set-up of social structures which facilitate innovation. Currently, he is President of the Spanish Federation of Sociology (FES) and Editor of the Revista Española de Sociología.

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1º Transferencia de proximidad. Relaciones Universidad-Empresa en sistemas locales de innovación, 2022, Manuel Fernández Esquinas; José Antonio Pedraza Rodríguez; Rocío Muñoz Benito; María Isabel Sánchez , isbn:9788419286963

2º La sociología en España: diagnóstico y perspectivas de futuro, 2021, Manuel Fernández Esquinas; Màrius Domínguez Amorós, isbn:978-84-1381-341-7

3º Innovación y sociedad: una exploración de las actitudes, condiciones y comportamientos de la población española, 2021, Fernández Esquinas, Manuel; González de la Fe, María Teresa; Oostrom, Madelon van, isbn:978-84-7476-859-6

4º Innovation in SMEs and Micro Firms Culture, Entrepreneurial Dynamics and Regional Development, 2018, Manuel Fernández Esquinas; Madelon van Oostrom; Hugo Pinto, isbn:978-1138498426

5º Entre dos mundos. La aventura de la innovación y la creación de empresas en Andalucía , 978-84-695-9597-8 Inés Andujar Nagore; Ana Fernández-Zubieta; Manuel Fernández-Esquinas, 2014

6º A Report on the APEC Region Labour Market: Evidence of Skills Shortages and General Trends in Employment and the Value of Better Labour Market Information Systems, 2014, Roby Iredale; Phillip Toner; Tim Turpin; Manuel Fernández-Esquinas, isbn:9789810793449

7º ¿Hacia dónde va la política científica y tecnológica en España?, 2008, Manuel Fernández Esquinas, isbn:978-84-00-08723-4

8º Los jóvenes y la creación de empresas. Actitudes y comportamientos emprendedores en la juventud andaluza , Jorge Ruiz Ruiz; Manuel Fernández Esquinas, 2006

9º Las razones de los jóvenes. Discursos de los jóvenes andaluces , Manuel Fernández Esquinas; Jorge Ruiz Ruiz, 2003

10º La sanidad desde el otro lado , 84 8486 035 3 Manuel Ferrnádez Esquinas; Luis Gavira; Manuel Pérez Yruela; Rafael Serrano del Rosal; Manuel Trujil, 2002

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