United Nations University launches RUN Database for broader dissemination of research outputs

Research in the United Nations, or RUN, is a new portal that will provide public access to research materials within the UN system. The repository is managed by the UNU International Institute for Software Technologies (UNU-IIST). It currently contains research reports from four UNU centres - UNU-IAS, UNU-IIST, UNU-INTECH and UNU-WIDER - but will gradually grow to incorporate the work of other UN research organizations and agencies.

The portal utilizes meta-data "fed" to it by the submitting members, either through a URL to the actually publication, or by uploading whole publication files to the IIST mainframe.

For more information, please write to run@iist.unu.edu

UNU-INTECH Publications (In Press )

• Doloreux, D. and S. Parto. 2005. “Regional Innovation Systems: Current discourse and Unresolved issues”, Technology in Society, Vol.27, No.2. (April 2005).

• Gehl Sampath, Padmashree. 2004. "Adoption of Agricultural Biotechnology: Issues for Biosafety Governance in Asian Countries", Journal of Environment, Sustainability and Development , Special issue.
• Hall, A.J. , B.Yoganand, Crouch, J.H, and Clark, N.G. 2004. "The Evolving Culture of Science in the CGIAR: Concepts for Building a New Architecture of Innovation in Agri-Biotechnology", International Journal of Biotechnology.
• Lal, Kaushalesh. 2004. “Determinants of the Adoption of E-business Technologies”, Telematics and Informatics.
• Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Banji and Kaushalesh Lal. 2004. “Learning New Technologies by Small and Medium Enterprises in Developing Countries”, Technovation , (Available online 3 September 2004 on ScienceDirect )
• Oyelaran- Oyeyinka, Banji and Kaushalesh Lal. 2004. “Internet Diffusion in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Cross-Country Analysis”, Telecommunications Policy.
• Parto, Saeed. 2005. “Economic Activity and Institutions: Taking Stock”. Journal of Economic Issues, 39:1 (March/April 2005).