MICHAEL NORTON (Born UK, 1944)







A. QUALIFICATIONS

 

1962-1965　      Bristol University　First Degree in Chemistry

1965-1968           Bristol University  Ph.D. Chemistry

1968-1970           University of Alberta (Canada), Postdoc Research in Physical Chemistry

 

B. WORK EXPERIENCE

 

1970-1974           Imperial Chemical Industries                           Research Scientist

1974-1982           Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries

                                          Marine Biology and Pollution Research and Management

1982- 1986          UK Foreign Office             

                                          Science Attache, Embassy in Washington USA

1986-1989           Department of Trade and Industry

                                          Head of Biotechnology R&D at Warren Spring Lab

1989-1998           UK Parliament     

　                                      Director of the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology

1998-2004           UK Foreign Office             

                            　Counsellor Science and Technology, British Embassy, Tokyo

2004-2006           Tokyo Institute of Technology

                            　Professor, Graduate School of Engineering and Science

4/ 2006- present　Shinshu University Professor, Dept Innovation Management

 

C. LECTURES　

 

TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY  

1.      SCIENCE AND INNOVATION IN MODERN ECONOMIES (2005 2nd Semester) (http://64.56.174.112/index.php?module=General&Nendo=2005&action=T0300&GakubuCD=223&GakkaCD=224710&KougiCD=70027&lang=EN)

 2.      ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY (2005 1st Semester) (http://64.56.174.112/index.php?module=General&action=T0300&Nendo=2005&GakubuCD=223&GakkaCD=224710&KougiCD=70025&lang=EN)

3.             SCIENCE COMMUNICATION (2005 2nd Semester) 

 4.      ENGLISH WRITING AND PRESENTATIONAL SKILLS (2005 1st and 2nd Semesters) 

 

SHINSHU UNIVERSITY INNOVATION MANAGEMENT SCHOOL

 

INNOVATION SYSTEMS AND INNOVATION CLUSTERS

This course focuses on the role of innovation in the economy and the individual firm, and how government policies can influence innovation. It will examine the concept of the National Innovation System and the role of innovation networks, including relationships between sources of basic knowledge (e.g. universities) and firms which can use that knowledge to innovate new products and services. Innovation networks and their encouragement through innovation clusters will be examined in detail. The course’s aim is to give the student a clear understanding of how scientific and engineering knowledge can lead to improved company performance in modern market economies.  

 

SHINSHU UNIVERSITY ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT

 

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

Today's markets are increasingly global, and the theories, institutions, and environmental factors related to international business are thus increasingly important. In particular, Japan’s economic performance is very dependent on international trade and the international competitiveness of its main firms. This course will provide an introduction to the theory and practice of international trade and the economic environment in which Japan operates, and describe some of the factors which firms must pay attention to in their global operations. It will also cover the trends towards globalisation and its side-effects, regional economic integration, and modern requirements for international accountability and corporate social responsibility.

 

D. SPECIAL LECTURES

 

Aug 2005            UNESCO International Summer Programme- Global Sustainability – Can we achieve it?

Nov 2004 Japan Science and Technology Corporation- Innovation Clusters and Industry-university relations

Feb 2005            Chemistry and the environment”. Public Lecture for TEPCO

May 2005            UK-Japan High Tech Forum (Osaka)

Opportunities for Collaboration between Japan and EU universities

 

July 2005            “Engineering Research in the UK” Lecture to Japan Engineering Academy

 

Nov 2006            Ethics, Environment and Innovation, Invited Lecture to Tokyotech Management Innovation School

 

Aug 2006             Innovation and the Environmental Crisis. To Nagano Monodukuri Salon

 

Oct 2006             Nagano Economic Research Foundation – International Cluster experience and Relevance for Nagano

E. CONFERENCE PAPERS/ PUBLICATIONS

Jan 2005. Industry-Academic Relations in Japan. JST Online Journal http://sangakukan.jp/journal/english/index.html

Nov 15, 2005. “UK Radioactive Waste Disposal Policy－a role for Social Systems Science?” First World Congress of International Federation of Systems Research, Kobe.

March 2006. Opportunities for UK-Japan Collaboration in Sustainable Engineering. Workshop on Sustainable Engineering. (publ. by British Embassy Tokyo)

Cluster Theory and Relevance to Japan

M G Norton. International experience of industrial clusters: what relevance to prefectures such as Nagano? Innovation Management (3) pp 68-90, 2007.

M G Norton. Japan's Eco- towns-Industrial Clusters or Local Systems of Innovation?

International Society for System Sciences, 51st meeting, Tokyo, August 2007.

http://journals.isss.org/index.php/proceedings51st/article/view/535/232

Science Communication

K Nohara, M G Norton, M Saijo and O Kusakabe. Overseas internships as a vehicle for cultivating meta-consciousness regarding communication. Japan Journal of Science Communication, March 2008.

http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/07/01/Jcom0701%282008%29A01/

M G Norton, G Kass and N Allum. Spurious science and tactical uncertainty. Science and Public Affairs, Dec 2007, p18.

Environment and Energy 

M G Norton. December 2006. “Resource Productivity and Global Warming”. UK-Japan Workshop on Resource Productivity.

http://www.uknow.or.jp/be_e/science/activities/ResourcProductivity/index.htm

M G Norton and K Higuchi. Eco-towns and innovation clusters – synergy towards Sustainability? Global Environment Vol 1, pp 68-86, 2007.

M G Norton. Barriers to a low-carbon society. Proc. 3rd UK-Japan Low Carbon Workshop, Tokyo 13-15 Feb 2008.

http://2050.nies.go.jp/3rdLCSWS/

F. OTHER ACTIVITIES

*English for international business and negotiation (teaching and conversation practice for Innovation Management students).

*Member of External Evaluation Committee of Tohoku University Environmental Engineering Department.

*Specialist advisor to Tokyotech research project on Scientific Literacy.

*Invited Expert to International Center for Environmental Technology Transfer (ICETT) Expert meeting on Technology Transfer to States in Transition (Ukraine Oct, 2007).