Innovation Caucus

创新核心小组将开展广泛的基于项目的研究和知识交流活动，为Innovate UK和ESRC提供与创新理论、政策和实践相关的不同主题的独立跨学科社会科学见解。该提案延续并扩展了创新核心小组的活动。其目的是通过利用由成员组成的学者网络，为创新英国和ESRC的思想和实践提供信息。创新核心小组成员的多学科专业知识的广度及其促进多个项目的方法是其与更传统的知识交流倡议的区别所在。工作计划的格式，包括响应模式和结构化组件，能够适应一个开放和灵活的方法，以满足创新英国和ESRC的需求。核心创新核心小组由Tim Vorley教授作为PI领导，由Katy Wing博士作为项目经理支持，将为ESRC和Innovate UK的关键联系人以及创新核心小组成员提供主要接口。提供的一项关键功能是通过各种活动和项目促成和促进知识交流。此外，释放和实现社会科学研究价值的一个重要方面是鼓励更多的成员跨学科合作。在之前工作的基础上，创新核心小组将发展其活动组合，从通过协商进行更轻的接触，到为创新英国和ESRC设计和交付范围研究。拟议的《工作方案》以五项关键活动为基础，它们是：1 .响应性活动，包括对证据要求的快速响应、更深入的简报、大师班和讲习班；2 .通过向创新核心小组成员公开征集资金，委托Innovate UK和ESRC开展有关社会科学问题的项目；3 .在Innovate UK和ESRC进行博士短期项目实习，为博士生提供宝贵经验；4 .博士后研究人员在资助期内完成的核心研究项目；沟通和参与活动旨在加深与创新英国，ESRC和创新核心小组成员的接触。创新核心小组将与Innovate UK和ESRC合作，确定成员如何帮助解决当前和新出现的优先事项。创新核心小组提出的成果的步骤变化是：1)建立一个更强大的创新研究领域的学者社区；2)促进创新英国和ESRC对社会科学研究价值和应用的认识和理解；3)从社会科学角度发展和分享与创新英国和ESRC相关的研究见解，以塑造思维和实践。创新核心小组从根本上讲是利用和利用成员的专业知识和见解，以不同的方式为创新英国和ESRC的工作提供信息和影响。与单一的主要影响不同，参与活动和项目的组合更有可能产生一系列的“微观影响”，这些影响有助于并加强Innovate UK和ESRC在24个月的资助期限内及以后的工作，以支持可持续的、创新主导的经济增长。

The Innovation Caucus will undertake a wide range of project-based research and knowledge exchange activities to provide Innovate UK and ESRC with independent interdisciplinary social science insights on different topics related to innovation theory, policy, and practice. This proposal continues and expands the activities of the Innovation Caucus. The aim is to inform the thinking and shape the practice of Innovate UK and ESRC by drawing on the network of academics that comprise the membership. The breadth of multidisciplinary expertise comprising the membership of the Innovation Caucus and its approach towards facilitating multiple projects are what distinguishes it from more conventional knowledge exchange initiatives. The format of the Programme of Work, comprising responsive mode and structured components, is able to accommodate an open and agile approach to meet the demands of Innovate UK and ESRC. The core Innovation Caucus team led by Professor Tim Vorley as PI and supported by Dr Katy Wing as the project manager will provide the main interface with key contacts at ESRC and Innovate UK, as well as with the members of the Innovation Caucus. A key function provided is in brokering and facilitating knowledge exchange through the various activities and projects. Moreover, an important aspect of unlocking and realising the value of social science research is by encouraging more collaborative interdisciplinary engagement of the membership.Building on previous work, the Innovation Caucus will develop its portfolio of activities ranging from the lighter touch engagement through consultation, to the design and delivery of scoping research for Innovate UK and ESRC. The proposed Programme of Work is based around five key activities, these are:1. Responsive activities, including rapid responses to requests for evidence, more in-depth briefings, masterclasses and workshops;2. Commissioned projects on social science questions of interest to Innovate UK and ESRC, funded via open calls to Innovation Caucus members;3. PhD internships with Innovate UK and ESRC on short term projects providing valuable experience for doctoral students;4. Core research projects, delivered by postdoctoral research associates across the duration of the funded period;5. Communications and engagement activities intended to deepen engagement with Innovate UK, ESRC and the Innovation Caucus members.The Innovation Caucus will work collaboratively with Innovate UK and ESRC to identify how the membership can help address current and emerging priorities. The step change in the proposed outcomes of the Innovation Caucus are to 1) Build a stronger community of engaged scholars in the field of innovation research; 2) Promote awareness and understanding in Innovate UK and ESRC around the value and use of social science research; and, 3) Develop and share research insights relevant to Innovate UK and ESRC from the social sciences to shape thinking and practice.The Innovation Caucus is fundamentally about harnessing and leveraging the expertise and insights of the membership, to inform and shape to the work of Innovate UK and ESRC in different ways. As opposed to targeting a single major impact, the portfolio of engagement activities and projects are more likely to result in a series of 'micro impacts' that contribute to and enhance the work Innovate UK and ESRC over the 24-month duration of the funding and beyond to support sustainable, innovation-led economic growth.