Evaluating systemic innovation and transition programmes: Towards a culture of learning

Matthijs J Janssen, Anna Bergek and Joeri H Wesseling

PLOS Sustainability and Transformation, 2022, vol. 1, issue 3, 1-6

Abstract: Innovation systems and transitions thinking have become increasingly pervasive in what has been labelled a third generation of challenge-led innovation and transitions policy programmes. Although this upsurge is cause for celebration, we argue that the challenge now lies in developing the evaluation methods that allow for the assessment of strong and weak programmes, to foster a culture of learning and to maintain momentum. Therefore, in this brief review, we take stock of existing approaches and identify 6 tentative categories of evaluations, which we map out on the axis of formative and summative evaluation. Combining summative evaluations with more frequent formative evaluations may create the environment for rapid learning and policy adaptation necessary to prevent the current rise of systemic innovation and transition programmes from being short lived.

Date: 2022
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (7)

Downloads: (external link)
https://journals.plos.org/sustainabilitytransforma ... journal.pstr.0000008 (text/html)
https://journals.plos.org/sustainabilitytransforma ... 00008&type=printable (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:plo:pstr00:0000008

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pstr.0000008

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in PLOS Sustainability and Transformation from Public Library of Science
Bibliographic data for series maintained by sustaintransform ().