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Innovation spaces: lessons from the United Nations

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  • Louise Bloom
  • Romily Faulkner

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This paper explores the notion of ‘innovation spaces’ within the UN system, as physical and virtual laboratories for innovation. Using empirical research in a range of innovation labs the authors explore four key questions: what form UN innovation labs have taken, what has motivated their creation, what their aims and objectives are, and what impact they are having. The answers to these questions promote reflection on the future of innovation spaces, particularly an analysis of whether a model of ‘siloed’ innovation spaces will survive in the humanitarian system. The paper demonstrates the important role that innovation labs play in the UN system, as well as grappling with the challenges they face.

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  • Louise Bloom & Romily Faulkner, 2016. "Innovation spaces: lessons from the United Nations," Third World Quarterly, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 37(8), pages 1371-1387, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ctwqxx:v:37:y:2016:i:8:p:1371-1387
    DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2015.1135730
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    1. Santarsiero, Francesco & Schiuma, Giovanni & Carlucci, Daniela & Helander, Nina, 2023. "Digital transformation in healthcare organisations: The role of innovation labs," Technovation, Elsevier, vol. 122(C).
    2. Schiuma, Giovanni & Santarsiero, Francesco, 2023. "Innovation labs as organisational catalysts for innovation capacity development: A systematic literature review," Technovation, Elsevier, vol. 123(C).
    3. Ferney Osorio & Laurent Dupont & Mauricio Camargo & José Ismael Peña, 2019. "Constellation of Innovation Laboratories: A Scientific Outlook," Post-Print hal-02266978, HAL.
    4. Tina C. Ambos & Katherine Tatarinov, 2022. "Building Responsible Innovation in International Organizations through Intrapreneurship," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 59(1), pages 92-125, January.
    5. Nathalie Haug & Ines Mergel, 2021. "Public Value Co-Creation in Living Labs—Results from Three Case Studies," Administrative Sciences, MDPI, vol. 11(3), pages 1-22, July.
    6. Kruger, Sean & Steyn, Adriana Aletta, 2024. "Developing breakthrough innovation capabilities in university ecosystems: A case study from South Africa," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 198(C).
    7. Rush, Howard & Marshall, Nick & Bessant, John & Ramalingam, Ben, 2021. "Applying an ecosystems approach to humanitarian innovation," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 165(C).
    8. Littlewood, David C. & Kiyumbu, Wilkister L., 2018. "“Hub” organisations in Kenya: What are they? What do they do? And what is their potential?," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 131(C), pages 276-285.

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