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Inspired by the human development values and capability approach that are in tune with its ethos, the Universidad de Ibagué developed a participatory process to build a comprehensive capabilities list for the university community and the external actors that cooperate with it. As a private institution serving a region beset by conflict, the university feels … from Expanding Epistemic Capability in Participatory Decision-Making Processes: The Universidad de Ibagué Capabilities List

The 2030 Agenda positioned Science, Technology and Innovation as crucial means for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This paper explores how a localised South-African policy experiment named the “Living Catchments Project” (LC Project) contributes towards the SDGs. This project is part of a portfolio of experiments to trigger innovation for transformative change in South … from The Role of Transformative Innovation for SDGs Localisation. Insights from the South-African “Living Catchments Project”

Background: Transformative Innovation Policy (TIP) encompasses a variety of policy frameworks that seek to use the potential of science, technology, and innovation to address societal challenges. To do so, it relies on inclusive co-creation processes for the design, implementation and evaluation programmes and policies that can drive systemic transformation towards sustainability. Aims and objectives: To … from Co-creation for Transformative Innovation Policy: an implementation case for projects structured as portfolio of knowledge services

This paper explores how the University as social entity has great potential to confront epistemic injustices by expanding epistemic capabilities. To do this, we primarily follow the contributions of scholars such as Miranda Fricker and José Medina. The epistemic capabilities and epistemic injustice nexus will be explored via two empirical cases: the first one is … from Epistemic Capabilities and Epistemic Injustice: What is the Role of Higher Education in Fostering Epistemic Contributions of Marginalized Knowledge Producers?

This paper analyses the Brazilian research system using the tools of bibliometric analysis to conclude that profound changes are necessary to re-orient the direction of research to meet social needs expressed in the SDGs and to move towards a more environmentally sustainable and socially just future. … from The Contribution of the Brazilian Research System to the Sustainable Development Goals

This background paper serves as an Annex to the Unit- ed Nation’s Guidebook for the Preparation of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) for SDGs Roadmaps. Its purpose is to provide an overview of the existing methodologies and approaches that can be used to develop the Roadmaps. While the first framework for STI for SDGs Roadmaps … from Background Paper: Overview of the Existing STI for SDGs Roadmapping Methodologies

The Green Book 2030, which Colciencias (today Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation of Colombia) presented to the country in 2018, constituted a first step in the renovation of national science and innovation policy – a step which grounded, in strategic terms, on defining conceptual foundations, principles and pathways for public action, as well as … from Green Book. National Science and Innovation Policy for sustainable development (English version)

El Libro Verde 2030 que Colciencias (Conocido hoy como Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovacion de Colombia- Minciencias) presentó al país en el año 2018 constituyó un primer paso para la renovación de la política nacional de ciencia e innovación, desarrollando su nivel estratégico mediante la definición de unas bases conceptuales, principios y rutas para … from Libro Verde 2030. Política Nacional de Ciencia e Innovación para el desarrollo sostenible (Version en Espanol)

The objective of this paper is to contribute to an important debate concerning the interaction between place-based social movements and the science, technology and innovation system. The central proposition of this paper is that place-based social movements can facilitate unique local heterogeneous alliances with key actors of the science and technology system. A process of … from Fostering place-based coalitions between social movements and science for sustainable urban environments: A case of embedded agency