Innovation and Access to Technologies for Sustainable Development: A Global Systems Perspective

Gabriel Angelo Sherak Chan, Kira Jen Mendelsohn Matus, Suerie Moon, Vanessa Joanna Timmer, William C. Clark, Sharmila L. Murthy, Laura Diaz Anadon and Alicia Grace Harley

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Abstract: This workshop report is a summary of themes discussed by five panels during a daylong workshop on “Innovation and Access to Technologies for Sustainable Development: A Global Perspective†at Harvard University on April 24,2014. The workshop brought together a diverse group of scholars to explore how the technological innovation needed for sustainable development can be promoted in ways that assure equitable access in current and future generations. Three key themes that emerged from the workshop include:(1) The central role of power, politics and agency in analyzing technological innovation and sustainable development -an important aspect of this includes the articulation of the roles of actors and organizations within frameworks and models of innovation systems.(2) The importance of focusing both on supply-push and demand-pull mechanisms in innovation scholarship and innovation policy.(3) The need to focus on more innovation scholarship around the goals of sustainable development.

Date: 2014
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