Webinar with Prof. Slavo Radosevic
Institutionalising experimentation in innovation policy: challenges and solutions in upscaling
Dear Sir or Madam,
We have the pleasure of inviting you to a
webinar with Prof. Slavo Radosevic, UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies,
which the Austrian Productivity Board will host on 11 October 2023.
Title
“Institutionalising experimentation in innovation policy: challenges and solutions in upscaling”
Abstract
The webinar addresses one of the major weaknesses of transformative innovation policy: the lack of solutions for institutionalising
experimentation beyond pilots. To address this issue, we explore a) pilots and policy labs as two potential approaches to experimentation, b) the issue of institutionalising experimentation in the regional context through individual agencies or bottom-up,
self-organised stakeholder involvement, and c) methodological issues in implementing partnerships for regional innovation (PRI). In our argumentation, we draw on the experiences from the EU regional innovation policy, particularly from the Slovenian research
and innovation partnerships (SRIP) and regions in Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden. Although they are cases from institutionally different contexts, they are all explicitly or implicitly grounded in the ‘learning networks’ approach. Our analysis suggests
that: a) pilots and policy labs as the mainstream institutional solutions to experimentation, at least in the context of the EU regional innovation policy, face serious challenges, b) transformative regional policies require complementary national or regional
government-facilitated approaches complemented by bottom-up driven partnerships for regional innovation, and c) organisationally these partnerships can build on the accumulated experience of network-based programs. We provide tentative advice on how policies
should be designed to increase the chance of upscaling.
Date
Wednesday, 11 October 2023 | Start: 04:00 PM (CEST) | End: 05:00 PM (CEST)
Venue
The event is planned online via Webex.
Conference language
English
Join us by registering by
10 October 2023, at the
latest.
We look forward to having you join us at the
webinar.
Yours sincerely,
Austrian Productivity Board
