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SUMMARY:Contextualizing societal challenge-oriented innovation policy
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for MIOIR External Seminar Series 19/20\, seminar hos
 ted by Professor Iris Wanzenb?ck.\n\nAbstract: There is emerging consens
 us that innovation policy should focus on solving urgent societal proble
 ms rather than economic goals alone (Weber and Rohracher 2012\, Schot an
 d Steinmueller 2018). This has spurred interest into challenge- or missi
 on-oriented types of innovation policy (Edler and Boon 2018\, Mazzucato 
 2018). Relatively undisputed in the innovation policy literature is the 
 view that societal challenges are more unstructured\, multidimensional a
 nd complex (i.e. more wicked) than the former economic or technological 
 challenges\, which calls for new rationales\, capabilities and governanc
 e modes for innovation policy. \n\nThe literature has remained relativel
 y silent about the different nature of societal challenges and lacks app
 roaches to cope with their heterogeneity. Different societal problems ma
 y require different types of solutions (technological and institutional)
 . Also\, challenges do not present themselves as the same for every regi
 on\; they affect places in different ways and extents. A central element
  of directional\, challenge-oriented approaches can be seen in ensuring 
 legitimacy to govern selected problems and the implementation of certain
  solutions. Despite labels of ‘grand’ or ‘global’\, many societal proble
 ms will however remain highly contextual in geographical terms. \n\nIn m
 y talk\, I will first suggest an analytical decomposition of societal ch
 allenges into a problem and solution side based on the degrees of wicked
 ness. I will argue that both problems and solutions can be diverging (co
 ntested\, complex\, uncertain) or converging (uncontested\, well-defined
 \, informed)\, and derive governance strategies for different problem-so
 lution constellations to support transforming wicked problems into legit
 imate solutions. Later on\, I will also outline rationales for a more ge
 ographical (regional) perspective on challenge-oriented innovation polic
 ies. \n\nBio: Iris Wanzenböck is an Assistant Professor at the Innovatio
 n Studies Group\, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development at Utr
 echt University. She holds a PhD in Economic Geography from the WU Vienn
 a University of Economics and Business\, a master degree in Economics (W
 U) and a master degree in Political Science (University of Vienna). She 
 has a broad interest in the geographical structure and governance of inn
 ovation. In her research she combines insights from economic geography\,
  network theory and innovation policy. Her current work focuses on new f
 orms of research and innovation policy\, in particular innovation policy
  for societal challenges and transformative change. \n
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LOCATION:9.041\, Aliiance Manchester Business School\, Booth Street West\
 , Manchester\, M15 6PB
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