Addressing Australia's collaboration 'problem': Is there a brave new world of innovation policy post COVID-19?

In a post-COVID-19 world, innovation stimuli and well-aligned policies will assume even greater importance as various sectors seek to recover lost ground and to generate new opportunities. Collaborative partnering in innovation research and development (R and D) between private industry and higher e...

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Published in:Australian Journal of Public Administration 2021-06, Vol.80 (2), p.179-200
Main Authors: George, AJ, Tarr, Julie‐Anne
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic-industrial collaboration
Collaboration
COVID-19
COVID-19 (Disease)
Decision making
Deliberative democracy
Development policy
Education
Educational research
Finance
Government policy
Higher education
Innovation policy
Innovations
Investments
non‐R&D innovation
Partnerships
Policy making
Public policy
R&D
R&D collaboration
Research & development
Research and development partnership
Research and Evaluation
Research and Evaluations
Research funding
Social aspects
systems thinking
Technological innovations
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Summary:In a post-COVID-19 world, innovation stimuli and well-aligned policies will assume even greater importance as various sectors seek to recover lost ground and to generate new opportunities. Collaborative partnering in innovation research and development (R and D) between private industry and higher education has increasingly emerged over the last decade as a leading key performance indicator for government policy development, and higher education research funding allocations. Recalibration of R and D-related policies and incentivisation will require careful consideration, with constructive lessons to be learned from outcomes over the last four decades. This paper presents findings from a new study of stakeholder perceptions as to the National Innovation and Science Agenda's impact on innovation partnerships, and synthesises outcomes from two prior studies. It then examines a newly proposed innovation policy framework, Stimulating Business Investment in Innovation (SBII), set against a background of the shifting mix of paradigms that have comprised Australian innovation policy over the last 40 years. It argues that, following the SBII, any proposed change of policy direction will face significant challenges in its implementation, requiring a fully committed and comprehensive embrace by Government of the new APS engagement framework and greater levels of deliberative democracy.
ISSN:0313-6647
1467-8500
DOI:10.1111/1467-8500.12470