Based on the foundation of the Institute’s many years of research on the history of Chinese S&T and recent expansion of studies in the history of world S&T, the team of Comparative Studies is committed to carrying out cross-cultural and trans-national studies in the development of S&T in China and other countries from a variety of perspectives. It plans to: 

- build an international cooperation platform and a young scholar training platform; 

-invite foreign experts to participate in joint projects; 

- explore the occurrence and development of S&T in different cultural contexts; 

- elaborate the growth of knowledge and its relationships with society and culture.