She conducted an empirical study on the discovery of high-superconductivitity research and its impact on research policy (with Ulrike Felt) and increasingly on the changing relationship between science and society.
Kommando Nowotny | Helga Liné | Walter Nowotny | Helga Nowotny | Helga Stevens | Helga Schauerte-Maubouet | Helga Richter | Helga Meyer | Helga Hernes | Helga Feddersen | Helga Eng | Helga |
The awardees are selected by a jury currently consisting of Margaret Archer, Allessandro Cavalli, Salvador Giner, Joachim Israel, Michel Maffesoli, Carlo Mongardini (chair), Birgitta Nedelmann, Helga Nowotny, and Piotr Sztompka.
The term was coined in 1994 by Michael Gibbons, Camille Limoges, Helga Nowotny, Simon Schwartzman, Peter Scott and Martin Trow in their book The new production of knowledge: the dynamics of science and research in contemporary societies (Sage).