Georghiou, Luke

(b. 1955, Beirut). Ph.D., B.Sc. (Hons) Liberal Studies in Science (Physics), University of Manchester.

Georghiou is Professor of Science and Technology Policy and Management and Executive Director of Policy Research in Engineering, Science and Technology, University of Manchester, an institute focusing on evaluation of research and innovation policy and programs. He is a consultant to several ministries in the United Kingdom, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the European Commission, several major companies, and several foreign governments. Georghiou co-led the United Kingdom's largest research evaluation exercise, the evaluation of the Alvey Program for Advanced Information Technology, from 1983 to 1990.

His research includes evaluation of R&D and innovation policy, foresight, national and international science policy, and management of science and technology. He developed the concept ...