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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...

In this new publication, “Towards Responsible Innovation Ecosystems through Social Labs: Lessons from the Field,” authors Raúl Tabarés Gutiérrez and Alejandra Boni explore how innovation ecosystems can better anticipate and respond to societal challenges.The paper examines the role of social...

The TIP Resource Lab continues to grow as a central space for sharing knowledge on Transformative Innovation Policy (TIP). A new update introduces expanded content, improved functionality and fresh insights from across the TIPC community and its partners. What is the...

In their report for Monash Business School, authors Christoph Brodnik, Xue Ruo Ng, Rob Raven, and Megan Farrelly examine Australia’s research and innovation (R&I) policy landscape, assessing the extent to which transformative policy logics are reflected in current policy design.  ...