Each year between 2010 and 2013 the Berlin Forum Innovation in Governance brings together scholars from a variety of relevant research traditions, such as policy and governance studies, organisation studies, innovation studies, and science and technology and provides a platform to probe and exchange ideas and views on the topic of innovation in governance. The aims of the Forum are outlined in more detail in the conceptual outline. They include:  

• Enhance the conceptual and empirical understanding of innovation processes in governance and their broader societal implications
• Support an emerging research community at the interface of governance studies, organisation studies, innovation studies, and science and technology studies
• Explore possibilities to engage with ongoing processes of innovation in governance with a view to enhancing the capacities to cope with challenges of sustainable development

Each Forum event highlights specific aspects of innovation in governance and will be opened by a public keynote dialogue. While the first three Forums will  be organised as workshops with about 40 participants, the fourth event in 2013 will be a bigger international conference.

List serve

In order to facilitate the sharing of knowledge and exchange of information of this emerging community, we have established a list serve. If you are interested in joining the list serve, please send an email to Thomas Crowe.

First Forum Innovation in Governance (2010):
Studying the emergence and development of new forms of governance (workshop)

• Call for Papers (.pdf)
  (Deadline was 14 February 2010)
• Guidelines & book of abstracts (.pdf)
• Final programme (.pdf)
• Forum materials (password protected)
• Keynote speeches: Arie Rip & Patrick Le Galès

 

Second Forum Innovation in Governance (2011):
Experts, science and models in changing patterns of governance (workshop)

Third Forum Innovation in Governance (2012):
Contexts, competing innovations and the battle of new against old (workshop)

Fourth Forum Innovation in Governance (2013):
Innovating governance for sustainable development (conference)