STPS 515
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MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
Graduate School of Social Sciences
Science and Technology Policy Studies
Şirin Elçi (sirin[at]metu.edu.tr)
Course Title: Innovation Policy and Governance: Trends and Challenges
Description: With the improved understanding of innovation and innovation systems and with the increase in the challenges that needs to be addressed by innovation policies, new concepts and approaches in policy-making and implementation are being developed and implemented both in developed and developing countries. Also, internationally accepted methods and tools used in policy and program design, implementation and evaluation are important for the stakeholders of the Turkish innovation system. Therefore, this course focuses on recent trends, new approaches and main challenges in innovation policy and programme cycle and aims to develop capabilities of the students on this new understanding and tools and methods.
Topics to be considered include the new concepts on innovation and innovation policy (such as inclusive innovation, third generation innovation policy, public innovation, etc.) innovation governance, policy-making cycle, evidence-based policy-making, key methods used for the design of policies and policy measures as well as for evaluation of policies and measures. The course further focuses on specific examples from a wide range of countries. Finally the course will touch upon the theory and practice of evaluation, a major step in S&T and innovation policy cycle.
Outline:
Week 1- Introduction and overview
Week 2- An overview of public intervention and policy-making cycle
Week 3- An overview of public intervention and policy-making cycle
Week 4- Governance of innovation
Week 5- Governance of innovation
Week 6- Recent trends in innovation policy and policy measures
Week 7- Innovation policy mix
Week 8- Tools and methods in policy and program design
Week 9- Tools and methods in policy and program design
Week 10- Introduction to the details of monitoring and evaluation
Week 15- Evaluation of innovation policies and programs
Week 11- Evaluation design: concept and practical exercise
Week 12- Evaluation design: concept and practical exercise
Week 13- Evaluation methods and tools
Week 15- Use of evaluation results
Week 16- Future trends in innovation policy
Reference Material:
The main publications on the subject include but not limited to the following:
OECD (2010) The OECD Innovation Strategy: Getting a Head Start on Tomorrow
OECD (2005) Governance of Innovation Systems
OECD (2005) The Oslo Manual
European Commission (2006) Smart Innovation: A Practical Guide to Evaluating Innovation Programmes
European Commission (2005) Innovation and Public Procurement. Review of Issues at Stake
European Commission (2002) Innovation Tomorrow
OECD Reviews of Innovation Policy
DUIS (2008) Innovation Nation