Agricultural innovation systems has become a popular approach to understand and facilitate
agricultural innovation. However, there is often no explicit reflection on the role of …

The concept of 'sustainability missions' has recently received increasing attention in the
academic literature. Broadly defined as a collective ambition to strengthen systemic …

Ecosystem services delivery is influenced by food systems and vice versa. As the application
of digital technologies in agriculture continues to expand, digital technologies might affect …

The circular economy is argued to hold great promise for achieving sustainability. Yet, there
is a dearth of research about what a circular future may look like. To address this gap, this …

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 …

We aim for a better conceptualization of mission-oriented innovation policy (MIP). Our
starting point is an analytical decomposition of societal problems and innovative solutions …

Mission-oriented agricultural innovation systems (MAIS) are becoming more prevalent in
view of tackling the challenges of agri-food systems transformation. In this perspective, we …

The regional innovation system (RIS) approach has become a widely used framework for
examining the dynamics of innovation across space and for crafting policies to promote the …

The circular economy has been proposed to transform global textile supply chains which are
currently challenged by a complex nexus of sustainability issues related to the dominant fast …

This paper responds to the need in innovation research for conceptual clarity and solid
theory on social innovation (SI). The paper conceptualizes SI as changing social relations …