| "(...) I would like to contribute to this conference with some perspectives, namely historical
perspectives concerning statistics on science, technology and innovation, and use such a perspective to suggest
some avenues to develop an agenda for the future. Essentially, I suggest going back to three basic conditions as
necessary steps before constructing a new generation of indicators. First, that we start to reconsider
critically most of the conceptual frameworks that we now use to collect and analyze statistics. Secondly, that
we start thinking seriously about what national systems really mean for statistics, instead of focusing on
international comparisons and standardization of methodologies. Third, that we depart for a moment from
the economic approach. These ideas are extreme and provocative, but I am sure all of you can adapt them to
your own take on the situation. (...)" |
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