Systems and Innovation Research in Transition: Research Questions and Trends in Historical Perspective

Prof. Jakob Edler is the Executive Director of Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI (Karlsruhe, Germany), and Professor of Innovation Policy and Strategy at the University of Manchester (UK). His main areas of research are analysis and design of governance and policy in science and innovation, and the role of the state in influencing social and economic transformations.

Prof. Rainer Walz is the Deputy Director of Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI (Karlsruhe, Germany). His prior employment includes the Enquête Commission on "Protecting the Earth's Atmosphere" of the German Bundestag. His main areas of research are lead markets and competitiveness of industry, sustainability innovations, and interaction between economic development, globalization, and industrial policy.

雅各布·艾德勒教授是德國卡爾斯魯厄弗勞恩霍夫系統與創新研究所（Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI）的執行董事，同時也是英國曼徹斯特大學的創新政策與策略教授。他的主要研究領域包括科學與創新中的治理與政策分析與設計，以及國家在影響社會與經濟轉型中的角色。

雷納·瓦爾茲教授是德國卡爾斯魯厄弗勞恩霍夫系統與創新研究所（Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI）的副主任。他曾任德國聯邦議院「保護地球大氣」調查委員會的成員。他的主要研究領域包括領先市場與產業競爭力、可持續創新，以及經濟發展、全球化與產業政策之間的互動。