Address: The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
PREST (Policy Research in Engineering Science and Technology) is a department of the Institute of Innovation Research in the University of Manchester. PREST carries out research and postgraduate teaching on the economic, political, social and managerial problems which affect or result from the development of science and technology. Its areas of specialization include Prospective studies, including Foresight and Technology Assessment, the Evaluation of government and EU-sponsored R&D, Research on science and technology policy, theoretical and empirical studies of innovation. In conjunction with its partners in the Manchester Federal Business School, PREST is the location for a major research centre established by the Economic and Social Research Council - the Centre for Research into Innovation and Competition (CRIC).
'The EFMN is financed by the European Commission Directorate General for Research as part of a series of initiatives intended to provide a Foresight Knowledge Sharing Platform for foresight practitioners and policy makers in the European Union.
