This paper addresses the question how public-private partnerships function as systemic innovation policy instruments within agricultural innovation systems. Public-private partnerships are a popular government tool to promote innovations. However, the wide ranging nature of PPPs make it...

The purpose of this article is to investigate effective reformism: strategies that innovation networks deploy to create changes in their environment in order to establish a more conducive context for the realization and durable embedding of their innovation projects. Using a case study approach,...

In this paper an empirical case-study is presented to an ongoing conflict between youngsters with an Moroccan background and neighbours at a public suare in a big city in the Netherlands. The research question of this study is: How do people involved in the conflict frame the conflict, and how...

This conceptual paper suggests that 'space for change' is a valuable notion for both the analysis of complex problem situations, and practical efforts to manage conflicts that are inherent to such contexts. It first outlines the conceptual starting points of our perspective, which are rooted in...

This paper addresses the question how public-private partnerships function as systemic innovation policy instruments within agricultural innovation systems. Public-private partnerships are a popular government tool to promote innovations. However, the wide ranging nature of PPPs make it...

Taking the case of Dutch agriculture as an example, this paper examines the role of innovation brokers in stimulating innovation system interaction and innovation capacity building, and reflects upon their potential role in developing countries’ agriculture. It concludes that innovation...