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| Funder | Formas |
|---|---|
| Recipient Organization | Lund University |
| Country | Sweden |
| Start Date | Sep 01, 2021 |
| End Date | Aug 31, 2023 |
| Duration | 729 days |
| Number of Grantees | 2 |
| Roles | Co-Investigator; Principal Investigator |
| Data Source | Swedish Research Council |
| Grant ID | 2021-00107_Formas |
Edquist and Zabala-Iturriagagoitia (2012) introduced public procurement for innovations as a potentially very powerful policy instrument for solving major societal challenges. Public procurement in Sweden amounts to approx SEK 700 billion annually, about 15% of GDP.
In addition to its direct purchasing power, public procurement has enormous potential to become an important instrument for achieving a fossil-free society.
Despite this transformative potential, research and practice on public procurement that stimulates innovations, both generally and related to fossil-free innovations, is still in its infancy. Two major research problems can be related to this situation.
First, the lack of a conceptual framework for understanding public procurement of fossil-free innovations as a way to support innovation-based transformation into a climate-neutral society.
Secondly, there is a lack of empirical knowledge about the governance, organization, and procurement practices of public procurement of fossil-free innovations.
The project aims to describe, analyze, and support the public procurement of fossil-free innovations with a focus on societal planning sectors in the municipalities.
This takes place in three steps:1) development of a conceptual framework that distinguishes between product and functional procurement, 2) empirical studies of Swedish municipalities´ governance, organization, and procurement practices of fossil-reducing innovations and 3) dissemination of best practice.
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