Air Pollution
The Haifa Bay area is well known for the poor quality of its air, related to emissions from heavy industry located in the area, non-supervised combustion at landfills and the use of pollutant fuels in vehicles. Furthermore topographic conditions and the Mediterranean climate impede the efficient scattering of pollutants into the atmosphere.
Evaluation of the MAGNETON Program
The evaluation of the Magneton program is a research initiated and funded by both the Samuel Neaman Institute and the MAGNET management. The research was performed during 2008-2009. The main research goal was to examine the outputs of the Magneton projects and their success while focusing on the characteristics of the projects, academic researchers and industry head of projects and to evaluate the factors impacting the projects’ successes and failures in the past few years.
The Israeli Innovation System: An Overview Of National Policy And Cultural Aspects
The Israeli Innovation System Project: National Policy and Cultural Aspects is part of an international project dealing with innovation policy within the framework of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).
Active Researchers Survey in the Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute at the Technion (RBNI)
The goal of the study was to examine the activity of the Nanotechnology Institute over time, and to estimate the results and the effects on the activity of the researchers at the Institute.
Israel’s Public Diplomacy (Hasbara)
The S. Neaman Institute, together with Israel Foreign Ministry, has initiated a project to develop a Public Diplomacy Plan (Hasbara) for the State of Israel. The project is based on the assumption that despite the ongoing exercise of public diplomacy by governmental entities and other authorities, there is a real need to periodically evaluate the contents and methods used, to redefine audiences and agents on the conceptual and strategic levels, and to check the actual level of activity.
Pediatric-Surgery
Preventive intervention for children undergoing surgery, coupled with changes in the policies of the Department of pediatric Surgery, Operating Room and Recovery Room, designed to enhance the children’s emotional, cognitive and behavioral control, in order to accomplish the developmental, psychological tasks and promote their mental health.
The Zvi Griliches Research Data Center
The Zvi Griliches Research Data Center was established in 2000 to encourage the study of empirical economic of Israel in issues related to the economy of research and development, the high-tech sector, innovation, human capital and productivity.
Investments In Higher Education And Scientific Research In Israel: An International Comparative Perspective
The research investigates the relationship between investments in higher education and scientific research, on the one hand, and the economic performance of developed countries on the other.
Public Funding of R&D: PREF
SNI is a partner of the PREF project, sponsored by the European Union (FP7).
Designing the Israeli Climate Change Information Center (ICCIC) Website
According to a government resolution, the Ministry of Environmental Protection was assigned to prepare a national plan for Israel’s adaptation to climate change. For this purpose, the Ministry initiated the establishment of an Israeli knowledge center on the subject, to work on strengthening existing scientific knowledge regarding preparedness for climate change in Israel and even market the accumulated Israeli knowledge to other target countries.