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The Institute for the Study of Science, Technology and Innovation (ISSTI) is a research network established in 2000 by Professor Robin Williams to bring together groups of academics and individual researchers across the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. ISSTI members are involved in research, teaching and knowledge transfer on social and policy aspects of science, technology and innovation.

ISSTI's intellectual origin dates back to 1964 when David Edge (1932-2003) founded the Science Studies Unit at the University of Edinburgh which became home of the 'Edinburgh School' of the 'strong programme'. The research network is coordinated by the Science, Technology and Innovation Studies subject group in the School of Social and Political Science (formed by the merger of the Research Centre for Social Sciences and the Science Studies Unit).

Colleagues from other specialist centres involved in ISSTI include the Entrepreneurship and Innovation group in the Business School, the Japanese European Technology Studies Institute in Economics, the Centre for Intellectual Property and Technology Law in Law, Edinburgh College of Art, the Social Informatics Cluster in the School of Informatics, various groups in the Schools of Engineering and Geosciences, and the Centre for Population Health Sciences. Numerous additional linkages have been established across the College of Science and Engineering and the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine with their international research strengths.

Research
The institute's research activities fall into four broad priority areas: Life Science Innovation; Information and Communication Technologies; Energy Technologies & Environmental Innovation; and, the Historical Sociology of Science, Technology and Medicine.