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Innovation for place-based transformations

Publications by the PRI Scientific Committee

Find here by the PRI Scientific Committee and selected JRC publications of direct relevance to the design and implementation of transformative innovation policies.

  • Changing innovation policies for territorial transformation 

    Schwaag Serger, S.; Soete, L. (2024)

    The present paper summarises the numerous “science for policy” contributions of the Scientific Committee for Partnerships for Regional Innovation (PRI).

     

  • Addressing the regional dimension of open strategic autonomy and European green industrial policy

    Trippl, M., Soete, L., et al. (2024) 

    We explore the regional implications of the policy concepts of open strategic autonomy and technology sovereignty, examining how those policies may impact and interact with industrial development and the socio-economic and -ecological transformation of regions

  • Directionality for transformation: Analytical dimensions and illustrations of selected 'policy tools’

    Kivimaa, P., Pontikakis, D., Reimeris, R., Miedzinski, M. (2023)

    This paper answers two questions: How can directionality be defined and operationalised to support policy practice and evaluation? To what extent can selected policy approaches be used to advance directionality, and what are their benefits and drawbacks?

  • Connectivity and regional innovation

    Rodriguez Pose, A. (2023)

    Connectivity plays a crucial role for innovation and may counterbalance the disadvantage of being located in less developed and remote areas. This report gathers together insights from scientific literature on the role of connectivity and can inspire activities in interregional cooperation focusing in particular on those forms of connectivity that support the innovation capacities on firms in less developed and remote areas.

  • Contribution of Digitalization to the Sustainable Development in Europe

    Koundouri, P.; Landis, C.; Plataniotis, A. (2023)

    Digitalization can play a crucial role in sustainable development in Europe. Nevertheless, policymakers and stakeholders should be aware of challenges and risks posed by digital technologies, such as data privacy, digital disruptions, and technology dependence.

  • Innovation policy and directionality: a case for policy engineering

    Foray, Dominique (2023)

    This paper examines a series of ‘innovation policy engineering’ problems which are related to directionality, mission and transformative objectives. Solving these problems will be central to the effectiveness of smart specialisation strategies and of partnerships for regional innovation.

  • Institutionalising experimentation in innovation policy: challenges and solutions in upscaling

    Radosevic, S., Tsekouras, G., Wostner, P. (2023)

    The paper addresses one of the major weaknesses of transformative innovation policy: the lack of solutions for institutionalising experimentation beyond pilots. Drawing insights from literature and real-world examples, it provides tentative advice on how policies should be designed to increase the chance of upscaling.

  • Rethinking the Role of Universities in Place-Based Innovation Policies for Sustainability Transition

    Trippl, M., Schwaag Serger, S., Erdős, K. (2023)

    Drawing on various literatures on the contributions of universities to regional development, this paper explores the strategies and practices that would allow universities to make significant contributions to regional sustainability transition processes and policies.

  • The Recent Place-Based Shift in US Green Industrial and Technological Policies

    McCann, P. (2023)

    This report documents the recent and dramatic pivot in the USA’s federal industrial policy arena towards a much more explicitly place-based policy approach. This place-based approach is aimed at revitalising economically weaker regions in the national service of upgrading the US’s technological base and its climate change mitigation agenda.

  • The Square: putting place-based innovation policy for sustainability at the centre of policymaking

    Schwaag Serger, S.; Soete, L.; Stierna, K. [eds] (2023)

    In this anthology, leading scholars reflect on the conditions for place-based innovation for sustainability and its consequences for directionality, strategy development, governance, actors, and instruments for delivery and investment.