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Transformative innovation and socio-technical transitions to address grand challenges

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  • Frank W. GEELS

    (European Commission)

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This paper offers a presentation of a broader conceptual model benefitting policies for transformative innovation and grand challenges that goes beyond the linear model and innovation system approaches. The new role for research and innovation is to support socio-economic transformations but needs to be complemented with other policies in order to have a stronger impact. After introducing the socio-technical transitions and potential barriers for the uptake of these niche innovations, the last analytical section depicts a selection of examples where these transformations have taken place, in both energy and mobility. The paper closes with an extensive overview of relevant and well-structured policy conclusions.

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  • Frank W. GEELS, 2020. "Transformative innovation and socio-technical transitions to address grand challenges," EU research and innovation paper series KI-BD-20-008-EN-N, Directorate General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD) of the European Commission.
    • Handle: RePEc:eug:wpaper:ki-bd-20-008-en-n
    DOI: 10.2777/967325
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    1. Finkill, Guy & Gough, Clair & Mander, Sarah & Jones, Christopher, 2025. "Reconfiguring industry in the United Kingdom. Global lessons for ambition versus policy on the path towards net-zero," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 207(C).

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    JEL classification:

    • O14 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes

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