Technological Sovereignty and Innovation Policy: Strategies for Governing and Securing Critical Technologies

Call for paper

Technological Sovereignty and Innovation Policy: Strategies for Governing and Securing Critical Technologies

Journal: Technovation
Publisher: Elsevier
Submission Deadline: March 31, 2027

Overview

Technovation (Impact Factor: 10.9, CiteScore: 19.5), a premier Elsevier journal on technology innovation and entrepreneurship, calls for papers for this special issue. It investigates how technological sovereignty—defined as a state's ability to provide or source critical technologies without structural dependencies—transforms innovation policy design, governance, and objectives amid geopolitical tensions and tech competition. Focus areas include semiconductors, AI, quantum computing, space infrastructures, 5G/6G, and biotechnologies, examining policy frameworks, multilevel governance, firm strategies, and territorial ecosystems for securing these assets.

Guest Editors:

• Mathilde Aubry, EM Normandie (maubry@em-normandie.fr)

• Pierre Barbaroux, Ecole de l’air et de l’espace (pierre.barbaroux@ecole-air.fr)

• Didier Lebert, ENSTA (didier.lebert@ensta.fr)

Core Themes and Research Questions

• Governance for Sovereignty: How do national/supranational policies, R&D (patents, open-source), and mission-oriented initiatives build autonomy?

• Policy Frameworks: Effective instruments to cut global value chain dependencies; fostering industry-academia-government ties.

• Sovereignty vs. Openness: Trade-offs in collaboration, standards, and networks amid geopolitical risks.

• Firm Strategies: Adaptations in R&D, production, partnerships for security challenges.

• Territorial Ecosystems: Roles of clusters, regional systems, public-private partnerships.

Key Dates

Submission Guidelines

• Submit originals via Editorial Manager: https://www.editorialmanager.com/TECHNOVATION/default.aspx (select "VSI: innovation policy").

• Adhere to guide: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/technovation/publish/guide-for-authors.

• Peer-reviewed per journal standards; no prior submissions elsewhere.

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