In recent years, there has been rapidly growing interest in Innovation Districts (ID) in urban
policy and practice. IDs are touted as catalysts for innovation and economic development …

Innovation systems and transitions thinking have become increasingly pervasive in what has
been labelled a third generation of challenge-led innovation and transitions policy …

Missions may be regarded as a narrative for challenge-oriented policies, as a rationale for
directional policies, and as an instrument for coordinating distributed innovation efforts …

In recent years, a new frame for innovation policy has emerged, namely “transformative
innovation policy”(TIP), which aims at addressing transformative change or “Grand …

The impending climate emergency, the Paris agreement and Sustainable Development
Goals demand significant transformations in economies and societies. Science funders …

In recent years, global technology-based competition has not only intensified, but become
increasingly linked to a more comprehensive type of competition between different political …

In the currently emerging paradigm of challenge-led and transformative innovation policies,
there is increasing attention for addressing urgent societal problems by formulating clear …

The current animal-based food systems are being challenged by environmental, social and
economic sustainability issues. A systemic transformation from conventional agriculture to a …

Research and innovation policies (IPs) across Europe, particularly in Sweden, are
increasingly framed by an orientation towards societal challenges, missions, and …

Lock-in mechanisms are major hurdles to sustainability transitions. Scholars identified
various types of lock-ins; however, their dynamics and interactions remain underexplored …