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A new open-access paper published in Regional Studies examines how formative evaluation can strengthen the transformative capacity of Smart Specialisation Strategies (S3) by supporting policy processes aligned with Transformative Innovation Policy (TIP). The paper, Supporting transformation in Smart Specialisation Strategies:...

Nearly 470 researchers, policymakers and practitioners gathered in Valencia from 10–12 June for the 2026 Eu-SPRI Forum conference – an annual gathering dedicated to the study of research and innovation policy. Across three days, more than 360 papers were presented...

The newly published Research Handbook on Regions and Transformative Innovation Policy explores how regions across the world are rethinking and employing innovation to tackle contemporary challenges.  While TIP has generated important insights into how innovation can contribute to system transformation,...

Impact Innovation is Sweden’s 10-year national innovation initiative, aimed at accelerating sustainable transitions by mobilising actors across sectors around ambitious societal missions. At a breakfast seminar organised by TIPC member Vinnova, representatives from the five Impact Innovation programmes shared lessons...

In April, a two-day workshop at Monash University brought together a small, diverse group of leading and emerging scholars from across Australia to discuss how social sciences can contribute to challenge-led science, research and innovation (SRI) policy in Australia. The workshop...

A new programme of work is emerging to accelerate just transitions across sub-Saharan Africa. This is a collaboration among the Deep Transitions Lab (DTL), Utrecht University (UU), the Transformative Innovation Policy Consortium (TIPC), and South African partners including the University...

The upcoming Eu-SPRI Annual Conference 2026 in Valencia is set to be a pivotal event for the research and innovation policy community, centred on the critical theme of “Questioning the contributions of Science and Innovation to Society”. This year’s focus...

In this preprint, Caetano Penna, Diana Velasco, Johan Schot and Jordi Molas-Gallart explore the evolving role of the state in addressing contemporary societal challenges through transformative mission-oriented innovation policies.Titled “From technological to transformative missions: institutional capacities and capabilities for contemporary...