Management scholarship is increasingly paying attention to “grand challenges” such as
climate and demographic changes, sociopolitical uncertainty, poverty alleviation, and global …

Grand challenges are defined as wicked problems that affect a significant number of people
on a global scale. To overcome these challenges and ensure the continued existence of …

Several countries have created policy instruments seeking to direct research and innovation
(R&I) toward addressing societal challenges. However, the design of such instruments might …

The notion of grand challenges has become popular in research governance to support the
allocation of research funding to societally beneficial topics. This article illustrates the …

We examine how mission-oriented grand challenges—formed to address the public sector's
unmet needs through development of new technologies and products for high potential …

Many countries have created research and innovation (R&I) policy instruments with the
mission of addressing grand challenges. The new policy rationale suggests that these …

ABSTRACT A recent trend in European science policy is the attempt to influence academic
research agendas through mission-oriented funding programs. Under the label of 'grand …

The Human Brain Project (HBP) was launched in October 2013 by the European
Commission to build an information and communication technology infrastructure that would …

The organization of science, technology and innovation (STI) has been 'historically…
trapped in a tension between the autonomy of creativity and the politics of purpose'(Borrás …

From climate change to terrorism, the world is confronting complex, trans-national problems.
As a contemporary response, governments and non-profit organizations have established …