Public participation in mission-oriented innovation projects
M.J. Wiarda (TU Delft - Economics of Technology and Innovation)
Vladimir C.M. Sobota (TU Delft - Economics of Technology and Innovation)
Matthijs J. Janssen (Universiteit Utrecht)
G. Van de Kaa (TU Delft - Economics of Technology and Innovation)
Emad Yaghmaei (TU Delft - Ethics & Philosophy of Technology)
N. Doorn (TU Delft - Ethics & Philosophy of Technology)
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Abstract
Mission-oriented innovation policy is currently gaining renewed interest as an approach for addressing societal challenges. One of the promises is that missions can mobilise and align diverse stakeholders around a shared goal. Recent literature underlines the importance of public participation (e.g. municipalities and civil society organisations) in the socioeconomic transformations required for attaining missions. We ask how public participation differs among (non-)mission-oriented innovation projects. Drawing on a database containing Dutch government-funded innovation projects, we investigate whether mission-oriented projects are associated with earlier, more open, and more influential forms of public participation than conventional projects. Although the results suggest that mission-oriented projects indeed correspond with earlier participation of more public actors, we find little evidence that they also coincide with increased diversity and financial influence of public participants. We conclude by discussing how policymakers and intermediaries may engage in strategies to make missions more inclusive.
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