{"652335":{"#nid":"652335","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Technology Policy and Research Center Ranks atop Centers of Research Excellence","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn a new \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0040162521005072\u0022\u003Earticle\u003C\/a\u003E published in the academic journal \u003Cem\u003ETechnological Forecasting and Social Change\u003C\/em\u003E, Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Technology Policy and Assessment Center (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/tpac.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ETPAC\u003C\/a\u003E) ranked number one overall on a list of centers of research excellence in the field of management of technology and innovation (MOT). While nearly 300 schools around the U.S. had faculty with publications in MOT-recognized base journals, only 21 met the criteria to be a center of research excellence.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETPAC is a center for data analytics for science and innovation hosted within Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts by the School of Public Policy. It uses data analytics to impact the science and technology landscape by\u0026nbsp;profiling emerging technological areas, developing new interdisciplinary evidence-based approaches to technology assessment, and more. The center\u0026nbsp;produces research, advanced education and training, and funded research opportunities.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe rankings compared the 21 centers across 37 total categories. TPAC ranked first overall in number of active researchers (6) and authorships (28), as well as second in researchers that are editors of key MOT journals (6).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETPAC was listed in the top tier of U.S. MOT centers of research excellence, followed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology\u0026rsquo;s Sloan School of Management and the University of California, Berkeley.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETPAC is directed by Jan Youtie, director of policy research services in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Enterprise Innovation Institute; Alan\u0026nbsp;Porter, professor emeritus in the School of Public Policy; and Diana Hicks and Philip Shapira, professors in the School of Public Policy.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe center was ranked the best out of 21 in the country for its contributions to management of technology and innovation (MOT) research.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The center was ranked the best out of 21 in the country for its contributions to management of technology and innovation (MOT) research."}],"uid":"34946","created_gmt":"2021-11-02 13:08:23","changed_gmt":"2021-11-05 14:11:51","author":"gwyner3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-11-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-11-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"652334":{"id":"652334","type":"image","title":"Data Science Center","body":null,"created":"1635858323","gmt_created":"2021-11-02 13:05:23","changed":"1635858323","gmt_changed":"2021-11-02 13:05:23","alt":"Two people working at a computer, with graphics of various charts overlaid on top.","file":{"fid":"247497","name":"TPAC Header.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/TPAC%20Header.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/TPAC%20Header.png","mime":"image\/png","size":2651185,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/TPAC%20Header.png?itok=LQBCfXR3"}}},"media_ids":["652334"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1289","name":"School of Public Policy"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"92811","name":"data science"},{"id":"438","name":"data"},{"id":"189240","name":"technology policy and assessment center"},{"id":"189241","name":"TPAC"},{"id":"189242","name":"management of technology and innovation"},{"id":"189243","name":"MOT"},{"id":"189244","name":"MOT research"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:gwyner3@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGrace Wyner\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECommunications Officer\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Public Policy | Sam Nunn School of International Affairs\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}