Innovating innovation in the periphery: new roles for universities and public actors

Delbridge, Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8451-265X, Henderson, Dylan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1466-1315 and Morgan, Kevin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2933-2231 2025. Innovating innovation in the periphery: new roles for universities and public actors. Abdul-Rahman, Tuckerman, L., Nelles, J. and Vorley, T., eds. Innovations in Innovation Policy, Geography, Planning and Tourism 2025, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, pp. 92-105. (10.4337/9781035322206.00013)

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Abstract

In this chapter, we explore how a more capacious and socio-ecological approach to innovation is taking shape in Wales. We draw on the Welsh Government's recently announced Innovation Strategy, noting both its relatively novel and collaborative policy development process and its emphasis on collaboration amongst actors in the Wales innovation ecosystem. We then move to discuss specific sub-national innovation initiatives with which we are familiar, drawing on primary and secondary data to examine the Cardiff Capital Region Challenge Fund (the Challenge Fund) and Carmarthenshire County Council's Innovation Strategy (CCC), with a particular focus on the Pentre Awel health and social care development. The chapter contributes to recent research examining the roles of key actors in peripheral innovation ecosystems, identifying the potential for a ‘humble governance’ approach to innovation in the periphery that respects the role and inputs of universities, public sector actors and wider civil society in a continuous iterative process of learning and experimentation to address place-based challenges.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Geography and Planning (GEOPL) Schools > Business (Including Economics)
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General) H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) T Technology > T Technology (General)
Publisher:	Edward Elgar
ISBN:	9781035322190
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	17 March 2025
Last Modified:	17 Mar 2025 12:15
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/176871

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