Sustainability Science Connections

Event Description

Sustainability Science Connections is a seminar series presented by CSIRO’s Valuing Sustainability Future Science Platform.

The first instalment of the seminar series focusses on Innovation for Sustainability, how we can understand and go about advancing it, and ways we might monitor it into the future. This view of innovation builds on consideration of how much and what type of innovation (technological, new products, policy, governance) with a focus on its direction (who are the beneficiaries, over what timeframes, and within what scope?). We increasingly hear about innovation for sustainability as mission-oriented innovation, or disruptive niches. These are often framed as innovation that can support a transition or transformation to a more sustainable economy and society. Yet relatively little research focus has been on what it takes in practice, and what innovation policies, methods and approaches can be applied to ensuring our significant investments in innovation can drive a range of diverse societal outcomes.

The seminar will commence with a short presentation by Dr Peat Leith, Director of the CSIRO Valuing Sustainability Future Science Platform (VS FSP), to provide an overview of the VS FSP, which hosts the seminar series.

Most of the seminar will focus on a collaboration between Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARES) and a project of the VS FSP.

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