About the Authors

Jadranka Švarc, PhD, is a scientific advisor at the Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences, Zagreb. She holds an MA in information sciences and a PhD in sociology from the University of Zagreb. Her research interest and expertise focus on the role of scientific, technological and innovation system in the socio-economic progress and on the socio-cultural and political aspects of the knowledge-based society. She has worked as an innovation expert in various national, FP7 and Horizon EU projects (SIS, RIO, ERAWATCH, WBC-INCO.NET, METRIS, MASIS, MoRRi). She is evaluator for several internationally refereed journals, national scientific projects and, recently, for European project reports. Švarc has published two books, over 50 scientific papers, and close to 40 expert studies. She has participated in over 40 scientific conferences.