Knowledge Cohesion: Uniting Europe Through Research Networks

This book delves into the benefits arising from research collaborations, shedding light on their multifaceted impacts. It explores the nexus of collaboration, knowledge convergence, and knowledge cohesion, drawing extensively from literature on the EU’s cohesion policy and collaboration-induced knowledge diffusion.

İbrahim Semih Akçomak is a professor at the Science and Technology Policy Studies (TEKPOL), Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Türkiye.

Umut Yılmaz Çetinkaya has completed his PhD and currently serves as the Vice Director at the Technology Transfer Office (TTO) of TOBB University of Economics and Technology (TOBB ETU), Ankara, Türkiye.

Erkan Erdil is a professor at the Department of Economics, Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Türkiye.

Müge Özman is professor in management sciences in Institut Mines Télécom Business School, and researcher in LITEM, Université Paris Saclay, France.