The State Strikes Back: Rethinking Innovation Policy for Turbulent Times

Our research handbook “The New Role of the State for Transformative Innovation” (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2026) examines the evolving role of the State in fostering transformative innovation amid 21st-century challenges including climate change and geopolitical shifts. In 27 chapters more than 50 world leading scholars present state-of-the-art expertise about options and limitations of State governance … Continue reading The State Strikes Back: Rethinking Innovation Policy for Turbulent Times

“Populist policies threaten Dutch universities’ unique appeal”

Barend van der Meulen (University of Twente) and I have published a comment in ResearchEurope (March 7, 2024). For decades, particularly since the turn of the millennium, Dutch universities have attracted a growing number of students and scholars from other European countries and worldwide. English-language working environments and publishing in international journals have made research … Continue reading “Populist policies threaten Dutch universities’ unique appeal”