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The role of Universities in Transformative Innovation Policy
[Living Lab: An Open and Citizen-centric Approach for Innovation]

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  • Rachel Parker
  • Petra Lundgren

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The entrepreneurial and innovative activities that universities perform in addition to teaching and research have been aligned to an Innovation Systems Policy framework, which has been the dominant paradigm of innovation policy for several decades. However, Innovation Policy is being reframed in response to the growing recognition that inequality, poverty, climate change, and environmental challenges persist and are deepening despite substantial public investment in science and technology and the growth of university outreach activities associated with the entrepreneurial Third Mission vision. This paper outlines an alternative Transformative Innovation Policy agenda that unpacks the role of Universities in social change. This conceptual framework is operationalised through a description of the research practices that would underpin a Transformative Innovation Policy mission for Universities in addressing major social changes associated with obesity, decarbonisation of transport, ocean plastics, and pandemics.

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  • Rachel Parker & Petra Lundgren, 2022. "The role of Universities in Transformative Innovation Policy [Living Lab: An Open and Citizen-centric Approach for Innovation]," Science and Public Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 49(2), pages 159-167.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:scippl:v:49:y:2022:i:2:p:159-167.
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