INNOFF is delighted to invite Rolf Rønning (INN), Lars Fuglsang (RUC), Jean Hartley (OU) and Karin Gueijen (UU) for a Q&A session on their upcoming book titled “Valuing Public Innovation” to be published at Palgrave Macmillan in October.
The book provides a comprehensive insight into the theory and practice of public innovation using a wide range of research evidence about the processes, drivers and barriers, stakeholders and outcomes of innovation. By drawing on the lens of public value, the book engages in timely discussions on how public innovation is valued and contested in current societies. Valuing Public Innovation aims to help develop a deeper understanding of innovation and how to use that knowledge in practical ways and will be relevant for academics and students but also policy makers and practitioners involved in innovation in or with the public sector.
INNOFF invites the authors to share their reflections on key topics addressed in the book, which is based on their long-standing scholarly engagement with public sector innovation. The online event will be monitored by Maria Taivalsaari Røhnebæk, Associate Professor at INN and chair of INNOFF. The audience will be able to provide comments and questions for the authors in the chat.
Link to Zoom
The event takes place online/in zoom on the 26th of October from 14.15-15.00 CET
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About the book - Valuing Public Innovation
Public innovation is distinctive from private sector innovation by being set in a political system rather than a market. The roles of citizens and elected politicians as well as public servants and other stakeholders are frequently relevant. Public organizations can be creators, funders, orchestrators or sense-makers of innovations, which are carried out with the aim of benefitting society.
This book provides a comprehensive insight into the theory and practice of public innovation using a wide range of research evidence about the processes, drivers and barriers, stakeholders and outcomes of innovation. Using the lens of public value, the book offers a stimulating discussion of how public innovation is valued and contested in current societies.
Valuing Public Innovation aims to help develop a deeper understanding of innovation and how to use that knowledge in practical ways. This is essential reading for academics and students in the fields of innovation, organisation studies, public administration and public policy, as well as for policymakers and practitioners.
Reviews:
“This gem of a book on public innovation deals directly with the politics fundamentally underpinning it and the challenges of assessing its impacts. The authors systematically work through several thorny issues related to defining public innovation and what it creates (or does not), and the multidisciplinary framework which shapes the structure of the book is a terrific resource. Their focus on public innovation as a space where societal problems are contested and addressed is clear, convincing, and useful.” — Jenny Lewis, The University of Melbourne, Australia
“Scholars, pundits, policymakers, and politicians have made much ado about public innovation, asserting its necessity for addressing complex societal challenges. But to date, the research has been disorganized and arguably, overly laudatory. This book sorts through the morass and moves beyond normative orthodoxy to offer a critical perspective about the drivers, structures, processes, activities, and outcomes of public innovation, particularly in terms of how they create (or destroy) public value. This framing of public innovation vis-à-vis public value creation is a powerful lens for understanding public innovation and its potential to helping us addresses the challenges of our time.” — Tina Nabatchi, Syracuse University, US