20 Challenges for Innovation Policy Studies by Ben Martin (Sussex)
Channel: HKUST Institute for Emerging Market Studies (IEMS)
Date: 2018-01-16

Starting from a list of 20 advances over the field’s history, this lecture sets out 20 challenges for coming decades.  Ben Martin (Sussex) argued that the empirical focus of our studies has failed to keep pace with the fast changing world and economy, especially the shift from manufacturing to services, the increasingly urgent need for sustainability, and the need for innovations that diminish rather than exacerbate inequality.  

Ben Martin is Professor of Science and Technology Policy Studies at SPRU University of Sussex, where he served as Director from 1997 to 2004. 

Find out more about the  HKUST IEMS academic seminar at http://iems.ust.hk/martin