ABSTRACT

This perspective paper integrates theories of responsible innovation (RI) with the nascent development of the concept of mission-oriented innovation to address wicked socio-institutional challenges. Theoretically, steering a Mission-oriented Innovation System (MIS) and associated ‘mission arena' toward activities that create virtuous cycles of RI practice will lead to cumulative impacts on the evolution of innovation system cultures. We explore this claim using nascent future-oriented ‘missions' developing within the competitive industry setting of Australian agri-food research and development ventures and aligned training exercises (short courses) in RI practice. This example highlights attempts to stimulate the practice of RI from the bottom up through the Australian (national) innovation system, as agri-food ‘missions’ come to be. Such reporting provides a conceptual grounding to foster a cycle (see graphical abstract) of relevance for comparison to other ex-ante MIS as mission-orientation is popularized as a potential solution to intractable and urgent problems throughout the developed world.

A mission-oriented innovation cycle where clockwise from left:

1) people and organizations with ‘responsible innovation’ potential contribute as actors to an innovation system (technological, sectoral, regional, national or mission-oriented) that works to…

2) determine and prioritize a ‘challenge’ (‘grand societal’ or more mundane) then.

3) develops a ‘mission/s’ to overcome the ‘challenge’ leading to…

4) results of mission-oriented activities (that are either successful or not given the mission aims) over a given timeframe, circling back to…

5) the cumulative learning and development of language, discourse and practice (or not) of people, organizations, and innovation systems because of the mission-oriented innovation investment.

摘要

这篇观点论文将负责任的创新 (RI) 理论与使命导向型创新概念的新兴发展相结合，以应对严峻的社会制度挑战。从理论上讲，引导任务导向型创新系统（MIS）和相关“任务领域”开展活动，创造 RI 实践的良性循环，将对创新系统文化的演变产生累积影响。我们利用在澳大利亚农业食品研发企业的竞争性行业环境中发展的新生的面向未来的“使命”以及 RI 实践中的一致培训练习（短期课程）来探索这一主张。这个例子强调了通过澳大利亚（国家）创新系统自下而上地刺激 RI 实践的尝试，就像农业食品“使命”的形成一样。作为任务导向的事前管理信息系统作为解决整个发达国家棘手和紧迫问题的潜在解决方案而得到普及。

以任务为导向的创新周期，从左起顺时针方向：

1) 具有“负责任创新”潜力的个人和组织作为参与者为创新系统（技术、部门、区域、国家或任务导向）做出贡献，该系统致力于……

2）然后确定“挑战”（“大社会”或更平凡的挑战）并确定其优先顺序。

3) 制定“使命”来克服导致……的“挑战”

4）在给定的时间范围内以任务为导向的活动的结果（既可以是成功的，也可以是没有达到任务目标的），循环回到……

5）由于使命导向的创新投资，人们、组织和创新系统的语言、话语和实践（或不）的累积学习和发展。