Abstract: ‘The system of innovation approach’ has been around in innovation research for more than three decades. In this paper, we ask whether the time has come to try to develop a general theory of innovation. There is now a considerable literature addressing what happens in the innovation systems (and not only which elements and … Continue reading
Update: This is now published as a working paper at CIRCLE. Click here to go directly to the paper. The literature on the relations between public procurement and innovation has been growing rapidly during the latest couple of decades. However, there are still conceptual problems and unclarities with regard to key concepts. The purpose of … Continue reading
This year’s Eu-SPRI conference (https://euspri2022.nl/) explored future directions for studies of research and innovation with a specific emphasis on future challenges for STI policy research. Charles presented the following papers: With Mart Laatsit: “From the Systems of Innovation Approach to a General Theory of Innovation: Do Activities and Functions Reflect what Happens in Innovation systems”. … Continue reading
On May 25, 2022 Charles participated in a panel discussion organized by the Committee on Innovation, Competition and Public-Private Partnerships, hosted by the United National Economic Committee for Europe (Geneva). The focus was on how to unlock the potential of public procurement to boost the innovation needed for the 2030 Agenda and for the Circular … Continue reading
A National Innovation Campaign to rekindle the innovation spirit in Mauritius was launched in 2021. As part of this campaign “The National Innovation Challenge (NIC)” is an initiative approved by the Mauritius Research and Innovation Council (MRIC) and by the Cabinet. As a part of this initiative, a conference “Les Assises de la Recherche et … Continue reading
A consultancy contract has been signed (March 29, 2022) between the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and Charles Edquist. Under this contract, Charles will draft a chapter on innovation policy coordination and science, technology and innovation councils in Eastern Europe and South Caucasus (EESC). This chapter will be a part of the “UNECE … Continue reading
An op-ed article written by Charles with the title “Gör innovation till ett eget politikområde!” (Make innovation into a separate policy area!” was published in the Swedish website Dagens Arena last February 13th, 2022. The article is in Swedish and can be found here. Continue reading
Lars Bengtsson and Charles have just started (September 2021) an empirical research project on functional public procurement. It is financed by the Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development (FORMAS) and will be running for two years. The background is that almost no systematic empirical data on functional procurement exist. In functional procurement, the buyer describes … Continue reading
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