Center for International Science, Technology and Cultural Policy

Lynne G. Zucker, Director (zucker@nicco.sscnet.ulca.edu)

The Center for International Science, Technology and Cultural Policy was established in 1997 to facilitate research on the influences of government policy on the development of the arts and sciences and their commercial and noncommercial expressions, including technology, media, and fashion/design. The center's mission is to improve the basis for policy decisions by conducting and supporting solid empirical research designed to examine alternative policy models, including the comparison of systems across countries, as well as across substantive areas in the same country. The center promotes dissemination of policy research to governments seeking to make more empirically informed policy decisions