Are tech innovation hubs changing how citizens and governments work together?

Project

There is little research about what role tech innovation hubs might play in the broader open government movement. This project aims to fill this gap by asking:

• what potential do tech innovation hubs have to change the way that governments and civil society actors work together?
• do policymakers see hubs as partners in collaborative governance?
• where hubs have taken an explicitly policy-oriented focus, how do policy-makers perceive their contributions?

The research will be based on interviews with hub leaders, government officials and policy-makers. It will also involve policy-makers working with the team to refine the questions, so that the research gives them answers that they need.

The research aims to create change in the ways that governments and tech innovation hubs interact. It will provide donors, government officials and civic activists with a better understanding of the value of tech innovation hubs and the potential for engaging with them. It will also provide the hubs with information on how policy-makers view their work.

Partner

Results for Development Institute is a non-profit organisation whose mission is to unlock solutions to the development challenges that prevent people in low- and middle-income countries from realising their full potential.

It has experience working with independent research and accountability organisations; researching the development, diffusion and uptake of new ideas in international development; developing innovative efforts to explore co-governance; and working directly with policy-makers at all levels of government.

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  Technology innovation hubs and policy engagement