Dr Kevin Bryant
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Visiting Fellow, Centre for Complex Systems, Australian National University Address: Dr Kevin Bryant 19 Nungara Street, Aranda ACT 2614 AUSTRALIA Phone: +61 (0)2 6251 1274 Email: kevinbryant@grapevine.net.au Research Node: Central/CCS |
Role in Network
ChairCOSNet Management Committee
Academic - Researcher
Academic - Other
COSNet Research Themes
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1. Irreversibility and Emergence in Nonequilibrium Systems
2. Turbulence and Coherent Structures, Control and Computation
3. Dynamics and Statistics of Multi-Scale Systems
5. Cellular Automata, Agent-Based Modelling and Simulation
COSNet Application Areas
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4. Complex Socio-Economic Systems
Research Topics
Systemic concepts in innovation, their application to policy issues and their foundation in empirical studies, recent theoretical work in evolutionary and institutional economics and the capability theory of the firm. Current research topics include:• What do we know about innovation and how does it matter?
• Institutional and evolutionary economics—their systems implications and significance for innovation policy
• Innovation as the core of economic systems—outline of a framework for decisions
• The socio-economic, legal and physical environment over the period prior to the industrial revolution—the relevance for modern capitalist economies
• Australias innovation policy—how we got where we are and where to go now
Systemic concepts in human systems: ‘Rules-of-thumb’ for good governance of social, economic, administrative, and like systems; ‘systemic failure’ and phase changes in human systems.
Conceptual and methodological issues in the metrics of innovation and science, and the limits these place on their interpretation and usefulness.
Implications of the capability theory of the firm for the construction of agent-based models of economic systems.
Publications
Scott-Kemmis, D, Holmen, M, Balaguer A, Dalitz, R, Bryant, K, Jones, AJ and Matthews, J, 2005 No Simple Solutions — How Sectoral Innovation Systems can be Transformed: Key Findings from the Australian Innovation Systems (AUSIS) Project Canberra: Australian National UniversityBryant, K, Dalitz, R and Scott-Kemmis, D 2003 Regional Aspects of Australia’s R&D Activities AUSIS Working Paper 3 Canberra: ANU National Graduate School of Management
Bryant K, 2002 ‘The development of science and technology indicators: from R&D to the knowledge-based economy’ in Xu Xielin (ed.) Proceedings of the Sino-Australian Workshop on Science and Technology Indicators, 1999 Beijing: China Society for Science and Technology Indicators (in Chinese). [Paper also presented at the Australian Bureau of Statistics Workshop on Indicators for the Knowledge-based Economy/Society, 20-21 November 2000]
Bryant K, 2001 ‘Promoting innovation: an overview of the application of evolutionary economics and systems approaches to policy issues’ in Foster J and Metcalfe JS Frontiers of Evolutionary Economics Aldershot: Edward Elgar
Bryant K, 2001 ‘Commentary to PM Allen’s “Knowledge, ignorance and complex systems”’ in Foster J and Metcalfe JS Frontiers of Evolutionary Economics Aldershot: Edward Elgar
Bryant K and Lombardo L, 2001 ‘Broad-level Indicators for National Systems of Innovation: A New Approach’ Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics, Vol. 1, pp 75-88 Sydney: University of New South Wales
Bryant K and Wells A (eds), 1998 A New Economic Paradigm? Innovation-based Evolutionary Systems. Discussions of Science and Innovation 4 Canberra: Department of Industry, Science and Resources
Bryant K, 1998 ‘Evolutionary innovation systems: their origins and emergence as a new economic paradigm’ in Bryant K and Wells A (eds) A New Economic Paradigm? Innovation-based Evolutionary Systems. Discussions of Science and Innovation 4 Canberra: Department of Industry, Science and Resources
Bryant K and Wells A, 1998 ‘The consequences of complexity: implications of “systemic economics”’ in Bryant K and Wells A (eds) A New Economic Paradigm? Innovation-based Evolutionary Systems Canberra: Department of Industry, Science and Resources
Bryant K and Lombardo L, 1997 ‘A new approach in developing useful indicators to chart innovative activity and knowledge production at the national level: a means of comparing national systems of science and innovation’ in Devanny K and Biglia B Knowledge production, patents and technological intelligence Canberra: Research Evaluation and Policy Project, Australian National University
Bryant K, 1996 ‘Concepts and measures of business innovation’ in Bryant K, Lombardo L, Healy M, Bopage L, and Hartshorn, S Australian Business Innovation — A Strategic Analysis: Measures of Science and Innovation 5 Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service
Bryant K, 1994 Innovate Australia — the pace of change Canberra: Department of Industry, Science and Technology
Bryant K, 1994 ‘Technological Change’ in Welbourn, M, Wardrop, M, and Bryant K (eds), 1994 The Pace of Change: Technology Uptake and Enterprise Improvement Discussions of Science and Innovation 3 Canberra: Department of Industry, Science and Resources
Bryant K, 1992 ‘A National and International Perspective’ in Garrett-Jones, S (ed.) Research Data in Australia ASTEC Occasional Paper No 20 Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service
Bryant K, 1989 ‘Support for science and technology — what can we see from the data?’ in Proceedings of the National Science and Technology Analysis Conference 1989 Canberra: Institution of Engineers
Bryant K, Nash D, Reye S, Fayle D and McMahon I (eds), 1987 Australian Science and Technology Indicators Report: Measures of Science and Innovation 1 Canberra: Department of Industry, Technology and Commerce
End-User Applications
Applications for Government Policy, organisational governance, administration, and decision-making.Professional or Public Outreach Activities
Vice Chair, OECD Working Party on Technology and Innovation Policy (TIP), 1999–2002Principal Australian Delegate, OECD Working Party on Technology and Innovation Policy (TIP), 1996–2002
Principal Australian Delegate, OECD Working Party of National Experts on Science and Technology Indicators (NESTI), 1988–1998
Introductory lectures to postgraduate students in business management on neo-Schumpeterian evolutionary economics, the significance of institutions, and systems approaches to government policy and business strategy