Governance of Innovation and Climate change is an interdisciplinary core course that has the ambition to bridge from theories to practice. Therefore, it has a strong interactive and applied challenge-based study component. That is why it is taught by adjunct and visiting professors that have a strong interdisciplinary bent that merges strategic planning background with social sciences from which to draw the ability to develop hybrid interpretative reflections in order to accomplish the processes of ecological and digital transformation through multi-actor collaboration. The course focuses on cutting-edge challenges in governance research, with specific subjects covered through multidisciplinary seminars readings and broad in-class debate. The course encourages teachers and graduate students to do cross-disciplinary, collaborative, and problem-based research. It also focuses on experimentalism, to adjust novel solutions. The course will have strong synergies with the X-Labs referring to representatives of community actors, public and commercial actors to conduct simulations and build prototypes of successful policies and programs with the aim to address critical concerns in the governance of innovation (research-based innovation; innovation generated by policy experiments; social innovation), climate change and planetary boundaries (also in relation to the targets and goals set by international agencies; social, environmental and climate justice; community-based local development). The idea is to stimulate new ways of thinking of conscious thinking. Therefore, the course's ultimate goal is to provide students with the analytical tools for qualitative and quantitative analysis, as well as the knowledge to understand the process of governance of innovation and climate change from the perspectives of multi-stakeholder decision-making and public policy-making at both the local and international levels.

Knowledge and understanding: - By the end of the course, students should be able to: • Analyze, discuss, and debate some of the policy areas concerning innovation and sustainability that are the most challenging for many national and local governments; • Identify and obtain a basic understanding of the main legal issues affecting national and local government authority to set policy across a variety of substantive areas concerning sustainability and innovation. Insights to use: - After completing the study program, students will be able to: • assess and interpret different hypotheses explaining key environmental, economic, political, legal, and social developments related to innovation and climate change; and • evaluate the impact of future changes in the policy framework to regulate pressing social and economic challenges related to the innovation and sustainability ecosystem. Making decisions: - After completing the study program, students will be able to: • prepare original challenge-based research supported by relevant bibliography and data analysis, and debate different perspectives on the issue; • articulate and explore economic, political, sociological, and historical factors that bear on significant policy concerns confronting policymakers and policy communities throughout the world on the themes of innovation and climate change. Students will be able to: • convey policy-relevant concepts, both orally, graphically, and in writing, after finishing the study program; • interact within groups and with practitioners; • construct through the lab an analytic stakeholder mapping, legal by design toolbox, co-cycles and conflicts resolution strategies

This course will look at a variety of policy and legal issues that policymakers are currently dealing with when it comes to the governance of innovation and climate change, ranging from territorial and urban issues (i.e. innovative efforts to encourage economic development and implement strategies to expand tech-based social justice) to global issues (i.e. environmental justice concerns; the implementation of global agenda on sustainable developments among others). The following topics will be addressed: • introduction as well as theoretical lenses - different definitions of governance for innovation and sustainability; • polycentricity and stewardship as design principles for governance; • economic governance, governance of sustainable development, integrated development, strategic planning • democratic governance; • social and technical justice; • risk governance, environmental and climate justice; • the importance of cities and innovation ecosystems; • experimentalist governance; • co-governance, legal mechanisms, and multi-stakeholder collaboration on innovation and climate change. The lab will provide governance answers to concrete challenges identified by students during the first part of the course.

70% 10% class attendance and proactive participation to the readings based class discussion 30% in class assessment on Feb 16, exercise on Empirical Analysis of citizen sensing for environmental justice 30% in class assessment during the empirical analysis lab 30% Final essay. Take home exam to be submitted 8 days before the date of the exam session. A list of topics will be made available by the Professors. The essay must be submitted via learn.luiss. Please note that essays will be uploaded on Turnitin. The essay must be 1.500 words, reference included. Citation style is APA.

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