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View article: Novel Approaches for Scaling up Engineering-Based Inclusive Innovation
Novel Approaches for Scaling up Engineering-Based Inclusive Innovation Open
Given their obvious need, why is it so hard for new pro-poor, engineering-based inclusive innovation (EII) to become more mainstream? Can new trajectories emerge that are more inclusive and environmentally sustainable? Those interested in …
View article: Institutional implications for science and industrial capacity: policy lessons from the UK’s pandemic response
Institutional implications for science and industrial capacity: policy lessons from the UK’s pandemic response Open
Global shortages of critical equipment and supplies induced by COVID-19 forced countries to rapidly build and ramp up their indigenous testing and production capacities. However, the many ways in which institutional and organizational chan…
View article: Re-Imagining Healthcare and Medical Research Systems in Post-Devolution Scotland
Re-Imagining Healthcare and Medical Research Systems in Post-Devolution Scotland Open
We use the concept of ‘imagined communities’, and related work on socio-technical imaginaries and expectations, to reflect on how Scotland is represented simultaneously as ‘sick and unhealthy’ and a ‘living lab’ due to its innovative medic…
View article: Capacity-building barriers to S3 implementation: an empirical framework for catch-up regions
Capacity-building barriers to S3 implementation: an empirical framework for catch-up regions Open
In this paper, we investigate the implementation challenge of Smart Specialisation Strategies (S3) in catch-up regional environments, through the lens of capacity building. We analyse capacity building at two levels: micro-level (individua…
View article: Development engineering meets development studies
Development engineering meets development studies Open
The importance of science in development has been increasingly recognised in development discourses and policy since 2000. Engineering is less visible though engineering and engineers are important for the building and maintenance of trans…
View article: The Modern Corporation Statement on Economics
The Modern Corporation Statement on Economics Open
View article: Science and Innovation in Scotland: a Study on the Impact of Enhanced Autonomy
Science and Innovation in Scotland: a Study on the Impact of Enhanced Autonomy Open
The Scottish Referendum of September 2014 was the setting for arguments regarding Scotland?s strengths and weaknesses, and projections of what could happen in different scenarios. Areas of debate included those on Scotland?s scientific per…
View article: Disruption and experimentation in health research and innovation
Disruption and experimentation in health research and innovation Open
This chapter considers dimensions of current uncertainty and the underltying and common pressures for improved health research and innovation systems that result in benefits for patients. In doing so it first sets out ther context within w…