Headline
8 February 2018TIPC Member, South Africa’s National Research Foundation (NRF), in coordination with SPRU, are in the process of creating a jointly-funded Chair for Transformative Innovation....
The South African National Research Foundation - NRF
With the TIPC, South Africa’s Science, Technology and Innovation agencies are working towards a just and inclusive society through transforming national policy.
Following the end of apartheid in 1994, STI policy in South Africa has attempted to address the “triple challenge” of poverty, unemployment, and inequality. With a high R&D investment and worldclass research institutions, South Africa has made
some grounds in addressing the Sustainable Development Goals. More recently, a new focus on transformative grassroots innovation and sustainable development has begun to shape policy.
The formulation of the 2017 White Paper for Science, Technology and Innovation provides an opportunity for exploration and experimentation through TIPC to ensure STI policies can become more inclusive with a transformative outcome.
Countries covered: South Africa
Outputs from this Member
Developing and Enacting Transformative Innovation Policy: A Comparative Study
Publications
16 May 2017 | The contemporary world is confronted with a number of grand social and environmental challenges such as social inequality and climate change. Traditional innovation policies, focused on the provision of R&D funding, building innovation systems and promoting entrepreneurialism, are...
Deep Transitions: Emergence, Acceleration, Stabilization and Directionality
Publications
18 April 2017 | Industrial society has not only led to high levels of wealth and welfare in the Western world, but also to increasing global ecological degradation and social inequality. The socio-technical systems that underlay contemporary societies have substantially contributed to...
Developing a Shared Understanding of Transformative Innovation Policy
Publications
2 April 2017 | This research brief distils and consolidates the learning from the pilot year of the Transformative Innovation Policy Consortium (TIPC). Activities in this period included country reviews, case studies in each of the five member countries, and two synthesis...