Title: Institutional changes in science, technology and innovation policy towards SDGs: evidence from Michoacán

Authors: José Alberto Solis-Navarrete; Saray Bucio-Mendoza; Cinthia Fabiola Ruiz-López; Laura Isabel Nava-Acevedo

Addresses: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México – Centro de Investigaciones en Geografía Ambiental, Morelia, 58190, México ' Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, 58030, México ' Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México – Centro de Investigaciones en Geografía Ambiental, Morelia, 58190, México ' Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos – Maestría en Estudios Territoriales, Paisaje y Patrimonio, Cuernavaca, 62209, México

Abstract: The territorialisation of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) defined by the United Nations in the 2030 Agenda requires a public policy enhance that contemplates endogenous territorial characteristics in all development areas, particularly needs support of knowledge to solve social problems. This challenge demands a science, technology and innovation policy (STIP) suited to the territory's characteristics. The state of Michoacán in México has undergone several institutional changes to its STIP, reconfiguring its institutional infrastructure. We analyse the contribution of institutional changes to building an innovation system capable of facilitating the SDGs' territorialisation in Michoacán. These changes have not responded to generating regional agendas that meet the challenges identified at territorial level. A STIP governance model is necessary to promote mechanisms for configuring an innovation system that fosters solutions considered by the SDGs. Our research highlights the importance of linking the institutional changes and the SDGs with a territorial perspective.

Keywords: institutional change; science and technology; innovation policy; innovation systems; sustainable development goals; Michoacán; México.

DOI: 10.1504/IJISD.2023.133783

International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, 2023 Vol.17 No.4, pp.447 - 471

Received: 18 Aug 2021
Accepted: 01 Apr 2022
Published online: 03 Oct 2023 *

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