Welcom to the Technology Studies Institute (TSI) Booth

We began to work as an associated think-tank to the I.R. Iran Presidency. Since then, TSI has been providing advice, consult, and informative studies to policy makers
and executives in different areas of technology management, innovation policy, knowledge-based
economy, social development and international co-operation in technology and science.
The TSI president as the chief executive authority serves as the secretary of the board of trustees as
well as head of the institute’s research council. TSI seeks to identify and solve the most significant
challenges of the country regarding technology development through world-class inter-disciplinary
research. It also sets out to create a well-organized community of professionals and researchers
contributing to the country’s movement toward achieving a developed economy while pursuing the
principles of sustainable development.

Innovation Policy and Future Studies Department conducts holistic studies on developing
innovation polices and analyzing the effects of such polices as well as redesigning the roles of
innovation institutions and systems to establish good governance on a national level. This
department consists of 3 faculty members, 5 full-time researchers, and some part-time
researchers working in different related fields.

We believe that economy transformation to knowledge based economy is the key to success. To
achieve this goal, this department intends to develop innovation economics literature in Iran. Our
member who undertake research project, consider themselves committed to policy design for
policymakers to achieve these goal. We are as Think-and-Do Tank want to develop an institutions
for applying KBE policy. Networking and international cooperation for joint project and policy
transfer is our emphasis.

Nowadays, networks and international interactions serve as sources of knowledge production and dissemination. Hence, this department owes its existence to the undeniable status and significance of science and technology and international interactions. With a well-established position in the national innovation system and a productive network with other bodies of the government, the institute continues to support and develop science and technology diplomacy at all stages from diagnosis to decision making and implementation. This can be achieved through developing a clear understanding of international actual and potential threats and opportunities regarding science and technology, making international partnerships, learning from the experiences of other countries, and assisting with strategic decision making by giving policy advices and contributing in policy implementation through close collaboration with the executives.

This department has been established with the goal to highlight the local and Islamic
considerations in the progress trajectory of the country, particularly the development of science,
technology, and innovation. The Society and Progress Department paves the way for
development, promotion, and implementation of appropriate models for local and Islamic
Progress through adhering to a fundamental and applied approach in research. It also attempts to
raise awareness for local and Islamic Progress discourse by organizing locally oriented social studies.