Collaborative platforms for emerging technology
Creating convergence spaces
Governments, together with partners in industry and civil society, are developing
experimental forms of collaborative platforms to provide better linkages between research
and innovation, and to promote the development and use of emerging technology. This
report analyses 33 case studies from key fields of emerging technology – genomics,
advanced materials and engineering biology – and finds that collaborative platforms
are most effective when they act as “convergence spaces” for the fusion of diverse
disciplines, actors and technology. It also shows how governance mechanisms shape
platform operations and act as policy levers for ordering what amounts to a common
pool resource: they aim to maximise tangible and intangible value, realise sustainability
models, foment collaboration, and promote technological integration. After presenting
cross-cutting and comparative findings on key components of governance, the report
concludes with policy implications for the design of existing and future collaborative
platforms.
Published on April 23, 2021
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