Innovation Policy | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/topic/innovation/ The best minds on the most important topics. Thu, 14 Aug 2025 14:37:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://issues.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cropped-issues-favicon-32x32.png Innovation Policy | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/topic/innovation/ 32 32 How to Catalyze a Safer and More Sustainable Chemical Industry https://issues.org/safer-sustainable-chemistry-industry-turner-tickner-jacobs/ https://issues.org/safer-sustainable-chemistry-industry-turner-tickner-jacobs/#respond Mon, 11 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=46434 The chemical industry’s last century is a story of highs and lows—both provide lessons that can be used to design its future.

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]]> https://issues.org/safer-sustainable-chemistry-industry-turner-tickner-jacobs/feed/ 0 Cultivating Mastery in Place https://issues.org/indigenous-entrepreneurship-feldman-kayaani-george/ https://issues.org/indigenous-entrepreneurship-feldman-kayaani-george/#respond Mon, 04 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=46444 Diné entrepreneurs entwine economic renewal with mutual obligation, providing a model of regional economic development that serves the community.

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]]> https://issues.org/indigenous-entrepreneurship-feldman-kayaani-george/feed/ 0 It’s Time for Universities to Redesign Their 75-Year-Old Contract https://issues.org/universities-redesign-contract-crow-dabars-rosowsky/ https://issues.org/universities-redesign-contract-crow-dabars-rosowsky/#comments Wed, 09 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=46466 American research universities have unleashed an age of massive technical innovation—but they’ve failed to innovate their own designs to meet the changing needs of society.

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]]> https://issues.org/universities-redesign-contract-crow-dabars-rosowsky/feed/ 1 Science Philanthropy’s Implications for American Leadership in Innovation https://issues.org/science-philanthropy-conn-cowhey-martin-zivin/ https://issues.org/science-philanthropy-conn-cowhey-martin-zivin/#respond Mon, 19 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=45568 Philanthropy has boosted the creativity and effectiveness of the US research system, but reaping the true benefits of these investments will require improving synergies between government and philanthropic efforts.

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]]> https://issues.org/science-philanthropy-conn-cowhey-martin-zivin/feed/ 0 15 Years of California’s Science & Technology Policy Fellowship https://issues.org/ccst-fellows-alberts-brady-friedrich-mace-savitz/ https://issues.org/ccst-fellows-alberts-brady-friedrich-mace-savitz/#respond Mon, 28 Apr 2025 13:54:03 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=45575 Lessons from a thriving Sacramento-based program can help similar initiatives improve decisionmaking across the nation.

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]]> https://issues.org/ccst-fellows-alberts-brady-friedrich-mace-savitz/feed/ 0 Don’t Rank Research Universities—Compare Them https://issues.org/compare-research-universities-brown/ https://issues.org/compare-research-universities-brown/#respond Wed, 26 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=44619 Collectively, US research universities are the envy of the world. But they do make an unusual collection—a complex mix of public and private institutions pursuing different missions supported by a range of… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/compare-research-universities-brown/feed/ 0 Japan’s New Approach to Collaborative International R&D https://issues.org/japan-collaborative-international-research-ueno/ https://issues.org/japan-collaborative-international-research-ueno/#respond Wed, 05 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=44623 To counter worrying trends in domestic R&D, Japan’s science and technology policy pivoted to a radical new approach to international research collaboration.

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]]> https://issues.org/japan-collaborative-international-research-ueno/feed/ 0 To Build a Biorubber Industry on the Prairie https://issues.org/biorubber-industry-prairie-dawsey/ https://issues.org/biorubber-industry-prairie-dawsey/#respond Wed, 29 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=44625 Farmers and scientists are collaborating in Pittsburg, Kansas, to reinvigorate the local economy through biorubber production.

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]]> https://issues.org/biorubber-industry-prairie-dawsey/feed/ 0 Reconsidering Research Security https://issues.org/reconsidering-research-security-gannon-meserve-zuber/ https://issues.org/reconsidering-research-security-gannon-meserve-zuber/#respond Wed, 22 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=44593 The United States’ global leadership in research was built on the foundation of substantial government investments in science and technology (S&T) made during World War II. In the subsequent decades, S&T has… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/reconsidering-research-security-gannon-meserve-zuber/feed/ 0 When Oil and Gas Companies Go to School https://issues.org/oil-gas-companies-research-ethics-lieuwen/ https://issues.org/oil-gas-companies-research-ethics-lieuwen/#respond Wed, 11 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=43615 Funding for university research programs by the oil and gas (O&G) industry is increasingly controversial in the United States. A 2023 Guardian article, for instance, described student “unease” upon learning that an… Read More

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