Transformative innovation policy in practice in Austria, Finland and Sweden

What do the Recovery and Resilience Plans tell us about linking transformation and innovation policy?
 

Dear Sir or Madam,

The Office of the Austrian Productivity Board (Produktivitätsrat) invites you to an online Seminar with Matthias Weber on December 7, 2023.

 

Abstract
Governments are increasingly utilising research and innovation (R&I) policy to foster economic and societal change. Yet, the empirical correlation between these policies and socio-technical transformations remains under-explored. The report investigates this relationship by comparing the Recovery and Resilience Plans (RRPs) of Austria, Finland and Sweden, initiated under the NextGenerationEU framework post Covid-19. The report to be presented at this seminar investigates significant disparities in the content, process and transformative value of the RRPs among these countries. The differences in the content of the national RRPs, and the ability and willingness to seize the opportunity presented by the RRPs to drive transformation, are explained by existing national policy contexts and frameworks. Surprisingly, the role of R&I policy in the RRPs is less important than expected, despite its emphasised importance in literature and political rhetoric. The report further identifies implications for a transformative innovation policy as well as areas for further research.

 

Link to the report:
Transformative innovation policy in practice in Austria, Finland and Sweden : What do the Recovery and Resilience Plans tell us about linking transformation and innovation policy?

 

Speaker
DI DR. Matthias Weber, MA, Head of Center for Innovation Systems and Policy at the Austrian Institute of Technology, Visiting Professor Université Gustave Eiffel, France; Member of the scientific advisory board of the Austrian Productivity Board. He has degrees in process engineering and political sciences, and a doctorate in economics, all assigned by University of Stuttgart. Before jointing AIT, he had been working for several years at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission in Italy and Spain and at the University of Manchester. Matthias has been working for more than twenty-five years on matters of research, technology and innovation policy and the transformation of socio-technical systems. His experience covers a broad range of thematic areas, including energy, mobility, manufacturing and cities, and in particular, addressing matters of governance of socio-technical transformation and mission-oriented R&I policy, and the embedding of strategic foresight in policy-making. 

Host
em. o. Univ. Prof. Dr. Christoph Badelt, Chairman of the Austrian Productivity Board

Date
Thursday, December 7, 2023 16.00 - 17.00 CET

Venue
The event is planned online via Webex. 

Conference language
English

Webex-Link
https://oenb.webex.com/oenb/j.php?MTID=mdfc56b1e22a6d038ff269557c88d0235

 

We look forward to having you join us at the Seminar.

Yours sincerely,
Austrian Productivity Board