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sustainability challenge, and the social and economic transformations that accompany them. In short, the research scope of this theme can be characterised as the relationship between innovation and sustainable development where: innovation is understood, in the neo-Schumpeterian tradition, to include the development and implementation of new product and process technologies, new services, new forms of organisation (including new business models and processes), new markets and industries; and, sustainable development is understood in its broadest sense to involve the three pillars of environment, society and economy. During 2011, we continued to develop a programme of work in this area which is organised into three broad themes: 1. System dynamics and transformation: How do innovation systems form to solve sustainability problems and how do they evolve How are markets and sectors restructuring Is there any evidence of new forms of economic governance 2. Eco-innovation management and policy: To what extent and how are firms changing their business models and innovation strategies in response to the sustainability challenge To what extent are product / service interdependencies shifting within these new business models What is the role of government policy (regulations, intellectual property regimes, subsidies, support mechanisms etc.) in stimulating innovation systems towards the goals of sustainable development 3. Demand, consumption and social mobilisation: How might the co-evolution of innovation and consumption contribute to sustainability objectives How can new socio-technical infrastructures help to shift consumption behaviour What are the processes of social mobilisation around the sustainability agenda and how do these relate to innovation (Links to the Sustainable Consumption Institute: www.sci.manchester.ac.uk/ and the ESRC co-funded Sustainable Practices Research Group: www.sprg.ac.uk) Our research activities involve sector analyses, cross-cutting (i.e. non-sector specific) analyses and conceptual, theoretical and methodological work. We have developed strong interests in the construction, bio-energy, nanotechnology, aviation, water and food sectors. 2011 has seen a number of notable developments in the activities associated with the Sustainability and Innovation theme, including: The appointment of Dr Nicola Spurling as research associate to work with the ESRC/ Defra/Scottish Government funded Sustainable Practices Research Group. A series of publications looking at the emergence of bioenergy and in particular biofuels from recent research by theme members (Boucher, Gee, Gough, Upham, McMeekin) in Energy Policy, Industry and Innovation, Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology, Open Geography Journal, Environmental Science and Policy. Dr Paul Upham has spent 2011 as Visiting Professor at the Finnish Environment Institute in Helsinki to work on biofuel innovation policy. We held focused meetings with the outgoing and incoming CEOs of Tesco to discuss our research on how large firms can use their buying power to stimulate supply chain eco-innovation. 9
In association with the Sustainable Practices Research Group, we hosted a Summer School on “Sustainable Ways of Living”, which was attended by over 35 PhD students and early career researchers. As well as a range of interactive, hands on sessions, the summer school included keynote lectures by leading advocates of practice-based approach to sustainability transitions (Schatzki and Warde) and a panel discussion with representatives from Tesco, the Scottish Government and Defra. Reports of the school are available at: http://www.sprg.ac.uk/newsevents/sprg-events/sprg-summer-school Two new awards from the ESRC for research: ‘Sustaining Growth for Innovative New Enterprises’ (PI: Philip Shapira) and ‘Consumer Responses to Eco-innovations’ (PI: Andrew McMeekin) The R&D Management Conference 2011 was organised in Sweden by Jeff Butler in collaboration with the University of Linkoping on the theme of “R&D, Sustainability & Innovation”. Jeff also presented on the topic of ‘Innovation Frontiers – systems, services, sharing and sustainability’ The EPSRC Community Resilience to Extreme Weather (CREW) project held its final General Assembly, 25 November 2011, at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. The keynote speakers were Lord Selbourne, chair of the partner's board of LWEC, and Roger Street, Technical Director of UKCIP. Around 100 stakeholders attended, including DfID, DCLG, Defra, EA,GLA, LCCP, TfL, the Scottish and Welsh Governments, and London boroughs from the main case study area. UKCIP will now fund an additional dissemination of the CREW outputs. [CREW had 45 researchers from 14 UK universities, and was conceived in 2007 via the EPSRC's innovative and multi-disciplinary 'ideas factory' sandpit approach. Duncan Thomas led the CREW work on the role of decision-makers in improving resilience. Further info and video podcasts from the final event are available: http://www.extreme-weatherimpacts.net.] Clair Gough, Phillip Boucher and Paul Upham have been engaged in a scoping study to map the ethical landscape of carbon capture and storage, developing a methodology which builds on an ethical matrix approach. The study has been funded by the IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D programme. Members of the Innovation and Sustainability theme have developed excellent links with academic groups across the University of Manchester, especially with the Tyndall Centre, SOSS, and SED. These links have been reinforced by the establishment of the Sustainable Consumption Institute, which benefits from significant contributions from MIoIR researchers In terms of knowledge transfer, we continue to enjoy a good record of engagement with UK government departments (especially BIS and Defra – also, see highlight box). Our connections with firms continue too, particularly in the food, construction, biofuel and chemicals industries on innovation and sustainability issues. Notable recent examples include work with Unilever, Costain and Akzo Nobel. Our engagement with the SCI has also produced several lines of interaction with Tesco. 10
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