| Type of publication | Reference |
| Journal article | Avenyo, E. K., Tregenna, F., & Kraemer-Mbula, E. (2021). ‘Do Productive Capabilities Affect Export Performance? Evidence from African Firms.’ The European Journal of Development Research, 33(2), 304-329. |
| Journal article | Adesida, O., Karuri-Sebina, G., & Kraemer-Mbula, E. (2021). ‘Introduction: Can innovation address Africa’s challenges?’ African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, DOI:10.1080/20421338.2021.1958986 |
| Journal article | Avenyo, E.K., & Kraemer-Mbula, E. (2021) ‘Innovation and the performance of informal enterprises in developing countries: a gender perspective.’ International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship, 13 (4), pp. 277-301. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJGE-11-2020-0174 |
| Journal Article | Baker, L. (2021). Procurement, finance and the energy transition: Between global processes and territorial realities. Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, 5(4), 1738-1764. https://doi.org/10.1177/2514848621991121 |
| Journal Article | Baker, L. (2021). Everyday experiences of digital financial inclusion in India’s ‘micro-entrepreneur’ paratransit services. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 53(7), 1810-1827. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308518×211026320 |
| Journal article | Lema, R., Kraemer-Mbula, E., & Rakas, M. (2021): Innovation in developing countries: examining two decades of research. Innovation and Development, DOI: 10.1080/2157930X.2021.1989647. |
| Journal article | Walwyn, D.R., Kraemer-Mbula, E. (2021) ‘Captives of Capital? Exploring economic models as recursive performance agents’ Energy Research & Social Science 78, 102131 |
| Journal article | Akon-Yamga, G., Daniels, C.U., Quaye, W.., Ting, B. M., Asante, AA. (2021). Transformative innovation policy approach to e-waste management in Ghana: Perspectives of the actors on transformative changes. Science and Public Policy 48(3), p387-397. |
| Journal article | Twiringiyimana, R., Daniels, C., & Chataway, J. (2021). STI policy and governance in Sub-Saharan Africa: Fostering actors’ interactions in research and innovation. Industry and Higher Education, 35(5), 609-624. |
| Journal article | Daniels, C., & Gebhardt, C. (2021). Higher education, science and research systems for transformative change in Africa–What role for innovation policy?. Industry and Higher Education, 35(5), 553-558. |
| Journal article | Ockwell, D., Byrne, R., Atela, J., Chengo, V., Onsongo, E., Fodio Todd, Kasprowicz, V. & Ely, A. (2021). Transforming access to clean energy technologies in the Global South: Learning from lighting Africa in Kenya. Energies, 14(14), 4362. |
| Journal article | Lorenz, E., & Pommet, S. (2021). ‘Mobile money, inclusive finance and enterprise innovativeness: an analysis of East African nations.’ Industry and Innovation, 28(2), 136-159. |
| Journal article | Martiskainen, M., Schot, J., & Sovacool, B. K. (2021). User innovation, niche construction and regime destabilization in heat pump transitions. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 39, 119-140. |
| Journal article | Molas-Gallart, J., Boni, A., Giachi, S., & Schot, J. (2021). A formative approach to the evaluation of Transformative Innovation Policies. Research Evaluation, 30(4), 431-442. |
| Journal article | Ghosh, B., Kivimaa, P., Ramirez, M., Schot, J., & Torrens, J. (2021). Transformative outcomes: assessing and reorienting experimentation with transformative innovation policy. Science and Public Policy, 48(5), 739-756. |
| Journal article | Kanger, L., Schot, J., Sovacool, B.K., van der Vleuten, E., Ghosh, B., Keller, M., Kivimaa, P., Pahker, A.K. and Steinmueller, W.E. (2021). Research frontiers for multi-system dynamics and deep transitions. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 41, pp.52-56. |
| Journal article | Wandera, F. H., Andersen, M. H., & Lema, R. (2021). Learning from global suppliers: the diffusion of small wind in low-and middle-income countries. International Journal of Technological Learning, Innovation and Development, 13(1), 24-49. |
| Journal article | Amendolagine, V., Lema, R., & Rabellotti, R. (2021). Green foreign direct investments and the deepening of capabilities for sustainable innovation in multinationals: Insights from renewable energy. Journal of Cleaner Production, 310, 127381. |
| Journal article | Lema, R., Bhamidipati, P. L., Gregersen, C., Hansen, U. E., & Kirchherr, J. (2021). China’s investments in renewable energy in Africa: Creating co-benefits or just cashing-in?. World Development, 141, 105365. |
| Journal article | Lema, R., Pietrobelli, C., Rabellotti, R., & Vezzani, A. (2021). Deepening or delinking? Innovative capacity and global value chain participation in the IT industry. Industrial and Corporate Change, 30(4), 1065-1083. |
| Journal article | Joseph, K. J., Cozzens, S., De Fuentes, C., Dutrénit, G., Kruss, G., & Lema, R. (2021). A decade of innovation and development. Innovation and Development, 11(2-3), 173-187. |
| Journal article | Konte, M., & Vincent, R. C. (2021). Mining and quality of public services: The role of local governance and decentralization. World Development, 140, 105350. |
| Journal article | Avenyo, E. K., Konte, M., & Mohnen, P. (2021). Product innovation and informal market competition in sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 31(2), 605-637. |
| Journal article | Konte, M., & Ndubuisi, G. (2021). Financial constraint, trust, and export performances: firm-level evidence from Africa. Journal of Institutional Economics, 17(4), 583-605. |
| Journal article | Konte, M. (2021). How do education resources respond to the quality of local governance in Africa?. Review of Development Economics, 25(3), 1538-1557. |
| Journal article | Boly, A., Konte, M., & Shimeles, A. (2021). Corruption perception and attitude towards taxation in Africa. Journal of African Economies, 30(Supplement_1), i140-i157. |
| Journal article | Baker, L., Hook, A., & Sovacool, B. K. (2021). Power struggles: Governing renewable electricity in a time of technological disruption. Geoforum, 118, 93-105. |
| Journal article | Medase, S. K. (2021). Employees’ heterogeneous qualifications, internal R&D, formal training and innovation performance. International Journal of Innovation Management, 25(01), 2150011. |
| Journal article | Im, B., Lee, K. (2021) ‘From Catching Up to Convergence of the Latecomer Firms: Comparing Behavior and Innovation Systems of Firms in Korea and the US’ J. Open Innov. Technol. Mark. Complex. 7 (3), 191. https://doi.org/10.3390/joitmc703019 |
| Journal article | K. Lee, & Shin, H. (2021). ‘Varieties of capitalism and East Asia: Long-term evolution, structural change, and the end of East Asian capitalism’ Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 56, pp. 431 – 437. |
| Journal article | Lee, J., & Lee, K. (2021). Is the fourth industrial revolution a continuation of the third industrial revolution or something new under the sun? Analyzing technological regimes using US patent data. Industrial and Corporate Change, 30(1), 137-159. |
| Journal article | Lee, K., Qu, D. & Mao, Z. (2021). Global Value Chains, Industrial Policy, and Industrial Upgrading: Automotive Sectors in Malaysia, Thailand, and China in Comparison with Korea. European Journal of Development Research 33, pp.275–303. |
| Journal article | Malerba, F., & Lee, K. (2021). ‘An evolutionary perspective on economic catch-up by latecomers.’ Industrial and Corporate Change, p1-25. |
| Journal article | Lee, J. D., Lee, K., Meissner, D., Radosevic, S., & Vonortas, N. S. (2021). Local capacity, innovative entrepreneurial places and global connections: an overview. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 46, 563-573. |
| Journal article | Lee, K., Lee, J., & Lee, J. (2021). Variety of national innovation systems (NIS) and alternative pathways to growth beyond the middle-income stage: Balanced, imbalanced, catching-up, and trapped NIS. World Development, 144, 105472. |
| Journal article | Lee, S., & Lee, K. (2021). 3% rules the market: herding behavior of a group of investors, asset market volatility, and return to the group in an agent-based model. Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination, 16(2), 359-380. |
| Journal article | Lebdioui, A., Lee, K., & Pietrobelli, C. (2021). Local-foreign technology interface, resource-based development, and industrial policy: How Chile and Malaysia are escaping the middle-income trap. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 46(3), 660-685. |
| Journal article | Lee, J., & Lee, K. (2021). Catching-up national innovations systems (NIS) in China and post-catching-up NIS in Korea and Taiwan: Verifying the detour hypothesis and policy implications. Innovation and Development, 11(2-3), 387-411. |
| Journal article | Wehn, U., Vallejo, B., Seijger, C., Tlhagale, M., Amorsi,N., Sossou, SK., Genthe, B., & Onema, JNK. (2021). ‘Strengthening the knowledge base to face the impacts of climate change on water resources in Africa: A social innovation perspective’. Environmental Science & Policy, 116, 292-300. |
| Journal article | , J. (2021) “Theorizing and learning from Kenya’s evolving solar energy enterprise development” Energy Research & Social Science, 81. 102254. |
| Journal article | Chipango, E. F. (2021). Beyond utilitarian economics: A capability approach to energy poverty and social suffering. Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 22(3), 446-467. |
| Journal article | Chipango, E. F. (2021). Constructing, understanding and interpreting energy poverty in Zimbabwe: A postmodern perspective. Energy Research & Social Science, 75, 102026. |
| Journal article | Guei, K. M. (2021). Global Value Chains, Trade and Technology: Evidence from European Countries. Journal of International Logistics and Trade, 19(2), 83-94. |
| Book chapter | Kraemer-Mbula, E., & Maharajh, R. (2021). Innovation and technological change in South Africa in The Oxford Handbook of the South African Economy edited by Oqubay, A., Tregenna, F., & Valodia, I. Oxford University Press. |
| Book chapter | Kraemer-Mbula, E., (2021). The African Development Bank in Regional Development Banks in the World Economy edited by Clifton, J., Fuentes, DD., & Howarth, D. Oxford University Press: Oxford. |
| Book chapter | Lorenz, E., & Kraemer-Mbula, E. (2021). ‘The impact of adopting 4IR-related technologies on employment and skills: The cases of the automotive and mining equipment manufacturers in South Africa’ in LEAP 4.0: African perspectives on the Fourth Industrial Revolution Edited by Mazibuko-Makena, Z., & Kraemer-Mbula, E. Jacana Publishers |
| Book chapter | Daniels, C., & Amadi-Echendu, J. (2021). Entrepreneurship, innovation, and technology commercialisation for transformative change in Africa: perspectives, policies and practices. In Entrepreneurship, Technology Commercialisation, and Innovation Policy in Africa (pp. 1-9). Springer, Cham. |
| Book chapter | Daniels, C., & Dosso, M. (2021). Mapping the Potentials for Transformative Innovation Policies in Africa: Evidence from Cote d’Ivoire and Nigeria. In Entrepreneurship, Technology Commercialisation, and Innovation Policy in Africa (pp. 279-300). Cham: Springer International Publishing. |
| Book chapter | Chengo, V., Mbeva, K., Atela, J., Byrne, R., Ockwell, D., & Tigabu, A. (2021). Kenya: Making mobile solar energy inclusive. In Transformative Pathways to Sustainability (pp. 109-124). Routledge. |
| Book chapter | Khaemba, W., & Kingiri, A. (2021). Access to renewable energy resources: a gender and inclusivity perspective. In Affordable and Clean Energy (pp. 23-32). Cham: Springer International Publishing. |
| Book chapter | Kingiri, A., & Okemwa, J. M. (2021). Local content and capabilities: Policy processes and stakeholders in Kenya. In Building Innovation Capabilities for Sustainable Industrialisation (pp. 224-248). Routledge. |
| Book chapter | Christensen, J. L., Gregersen, B., Holm, J. R., & Lorenz, E. (2021). Globalisation, new and emerging technologies and sustainable development: the Danish innovation system in transition. In Globalisation, New and Emerging Technologies, and Sustainable Development, 1-10. |
| Book chapter | Holm, J. R., Lorenz, E., & Stamhus, J. (2021). The impact of robots and AI/ML on skills and work organisation. In Globalisation, New and Emerging Technologies, and Sustainable Development (pp. 149-168). Routledge. |
| Book chapter | Nielsen, P., Holm, J. R., & Lorenz, E. (2021). Work policy and automation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. In Globalisation, new and emerging technologies, and sustainable development (pp. 189-207). Routledge. |
| Book chapter | Lorenz, E., & Holm, J. R. (2021). Work organisation, innovation and the quality of working life in Denmark. In Globalisation, New and Emerging Technologies, and Sustainable Development (pp. 169-188). Routledge. |
| Book chapter | Lee, K. (2021). Economics of technological leapfrogging in The Challenges of Technology and Economic Catch-up in Emerging Economies edited by Lee et al. Oxford University Press (pp123-159). |
| Book chapter | Lee, K. (2021). Technology upgrading and economic catch-up in The Challenges of Technology and Economic Catch-up in Emerging Economies edited by Lee et al. Oxford University Press. |
| Book chapter | Andreoni, A., Lee, K., & Torreggiani, S. Global Value Chains,‘In-Out-In’ Industrialization, and the Global Patterns of Sectoral Value Addition. In Structural transformation in South Africa: The challenges of inclusive industrial development in a middle-income country (pp 286-311). Oxford University Press. |
| Book chapter | Gastrow, M. (2021). Education and skills development in the South African 4IR: Confronting the dynamics of human capabilities, technological change and structural inequality in LEAP 4.0: African perspectives on the Fourth Industrial Revolution Edited by Mazibuko-Makena, Z., & Kraemer-Mbula, E. Jacana Publishers. |
| Book chapter | Ting, M.B. (2021). Inclusive energy transitions: An analysis of the potential digital revolution in South Africa’s electricity system in LEAP 4.0: African perspectives on the Fourth Industrial Revolution edited by Mazibuko-Makena, Z., Kraemer-Mbula, E. Jacana Publishers. |
| Book chapter | Vallejo, B., Ozor, N., Bolo, M., & Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, B. (2021). An Analysis of Experiences with PPPs in Africa in Building Science Systems in Africa: Conceptual Foundations and Empirical Foundations edited by Hanlin, R., Tigabu, AD., Sheikheldin, G. Routledge |
| Edited volume | Mazibuko- Makena, Z., & Kraemer-Mbula, E. (2021). LEAP 4.0: African perspectives on the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Jacana Publishers. |
| Edited volume | Lee, J., Lee, K. Meissner, D., Radosevic, S., & Vonortas, N. (Eds) (2021). The Challenges of Technology and Economic Catch-up in Emerging Economies. Oxford University Press |
| Edited volume | Pyka, A., & Lee, K. (Eds.). (2021). Innovation, Catch-up and Sustainable Development: A Schumpeterian Perspective. Springer: Switzerland. |
| Book | Lee, K. (2021). China’s technological leapfrogging and economic catch-up: A Schumpeterian perspective. Oxford University Press. |
| Policy Brief | C Daniels, R Byrne, S Pointel, R Hanlin, and A Numi (2021). Political Economy Insights for Science System Transformations in Sub-Saharan Africa, African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS). Kenya. Retrieved from: https://policycommons.net/artifacts/2005029/political-economy-insights-for-science-system-transformations-in-sub-saharan-africa/2757464/ |
| Policy Brief | Kingiri, A., Mibey, S. and Numi, A. (2021). The Voice of the Industry in Capacity Building for Information and Communication Technology Development (CB4ICTD), ACTS Policy brief, 26 April 2021. |
| Policy Brief | Daniels, D., Byrne, R. Hanlin, R. and Numi, A. (2021). Political economy insights for science system transformations in sub-Saharan Africa. Policy Brief @Sussex. |
| Research Report | Matusiak, M., Stancova, K. C., Dosso, M., Daniels, C., & Miedziński, M. (2021). Background paper: Overview of the existing STI for SDGs roadmapping methodologies. JRC Research Reports, (JRC123628). |
| Conference Paper | Kaplinsky, R. and Kraemer-Mbula, E. (2021). Innovation and Uneven Development: The Challenge for Low- and Middle-Income Economies. Freeman Centenary/Research Policy 50th Anniversary Conference. SPRU, University of Sussex, 10th September 2021. |
| Conference Paper | Tahir, S., Garba, T. and Kraemer-Mbula, E. (2021). The role of digital innovation in improving tax revenue generation of Sub-Saharan Africa countries. Paper presented at 7th International Conference on “The Shadow Economy, Tax Behaviour and Institutions” September 23-25, 2021, organised by the Research Centre for Law, Economics and Finance (RC LEF) at Brunel University London, UK |
| Conference Paper | Lorenz, E., Fagerberg, J. and Kraemer-Mbula, E. (2021). An Evolutionary Analysis of Transformative Change in LDCs: the cases of Kenya and Rwanda. Paper presented at the 17th GLOBELICS International Conference 2021. Costa Rica, 3-5 November 2021. |
| Conference Paper | Gaglio, C., Kraemer-Mbula, E. and Lorenz, E. (2021). Digitalization, innovation and productivity in South African Micro and Small Enterprises. Paper presented at the 17th GLOBELICS International Conference 2021. Costa Rica, 3-5 November 2021 |
| Conference Paper | Lema, R., Kraemer-Mbula, E. and Rajas, M. (2021). Innovation in developing countries: examining two decades of Research. Paper presented at the 17th GLOBELICS International Conference 2021. Costa Rica, 3-5 November 2021 |
| Working Paper | Byrne, R., Onjala, B., Todd, J. F., Onsongo, E., Kabera, T., Chengo, V., … & Atela, J. (2021). Electric cooking in Rwanda: an actor‑network map and analysis of a nascent socio‑technical innovative system. Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS), Longborough. |
| Working Paper | Fagerberg, J., Kraemer-Mbula, E., & Lorenz, E. (2021). An evolutionary analysis of transformative change in LDCs: the cases of Kenya and Rwanda (No. 20210623). Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture, University of Oslo. |
| Working Paper | Penna, C. C., Schot, J., & Steinmueller, W. E. (2021). The promise of transformative investment: Mapping the field of sustainability investing. Deep Transitions Working Paper Series DT2021-11. |
| Working Paper | Gatune, J., Karuri-Sebina, G., Kingiri, A., Lorenz, E. and de Boer, D. (2021). Different Strokes of the 4th Industrial Revolution: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic on technological change and prospects for Africa. UJ-TRCTI Working Paper Series (WP 2021-11). University of Johannesburg: South Africa. |
| Working Paper | Ting, M.B. and Naidoo, C.P. (2021). Uncertainty: A Trigger towards Transformative Policies and Innovation. UJ-TRCTI Working Paper Series (WP 2021-03). University of Johannesburg: South Africa. |
| Working Paper | Manyuchi, A.E. and Ouma-Mugabe, J. (2021). Unlocking Systemic Barriers to Health Innovations for COVID-19 in Africa. UJ-TRCTI Working Paper Series (WP 2021-04). University of Johannesburg: South Africa. |
| Working Paper | Lee, K. (2021). Revisiting Resource-based Development Strategies in the Post-Pandemic Era. UJ-TRCTI Working Paper Series (WP 2021-05). University of Johannesburg: South Africa. |
| Working Paper | Petersen, I., Mustapha, N., Van Rheede, N. and Kruss, G. (2021). Harnessing Innovation in the Informal Food Services Sector: Insights for public policy in the age of COVID-19. UJ-TRCTI Working Paper Series (WP 2021-06). University of Johannesburg: South Africa. |
| Working Paper | Chakravarty, S. and Knorringa, P. (2021). Enabling Inclusive Technological Change through Transformative Policies: Frugal innovations from medical device manufacturing firms in South Africa. UJ-TRCTI Working Paper Series (WP 2021-07). University of Johannesburg: South Africa. |
| Working Paper | Soumonni, O. and Sègla, A. (2021). Endogenous Pharmaceutical Innovation in the Era of COVID-19: Epistemological perspectives from Benin and South Africa. UJ-TRCTI Working Paper Series (WP 2021-08). University of Johannesburg: South Africa. |
| Working Paper | Atela, J., Ndege, N. and Pelling, M. (2021). Science-policy Interface in the Pro-poor Response to COVID-19 in Africa: Lessons for post-COVID planning. UJ-TRCTI Working Paper Series (WP 2021-09). University of Johannesburg: South Africa. |
| Working Paper | Park, J. (2021). Sustainable Development Finance and Investments in the Age of COVID-19: Theoretical and Policy Implications for Africa. UJ-TRCTI Working Paper Series (WP 2021-10). University of Johannesburg: South Africa. |
| Working Paper | Hedeshi, M. (2021). Industrial Recovery in post-COVID-19 Sub-Saharan Africa (WP 2021-12). University of Johannesburg: South Africa. |
| Opinion piece | Chipango, E. (2021). Energy poverty in Zimbabwe takes many forms but policy only looks at one. The Conversation. 14th February, 2021. https://theconversation.com/energy-poverty-in-zimbabwe-takes-many-forms-but-policy-only-looks-at-one-154437 |
| Opinion piece | Chipango, E. (2021). Why renewable energy won’t end energy poverty in Zimbabwe. The Conversation. 29th April 2021. https://theconversation.com/why-renewable-energy-wont-end-energy-poverty-in-zimbabwe-159008 |
| Opinion piece | Chipango, E. (2021). How socio-economic conditions shape renewable energy uptake in Zimbabwe. The Conversation. 12th October 2021. https://theconversation.com/how-socio-economic-conditions-shape-renewable-energy-uptake-in-zimbabwe-168223 |
| Opinion piece | Chipango, E. (2021). Global energy targets don’t deal with people’s real problems in Zimbabwe. The Conversation. 8th November 2021. https://theconversation.com/global-energy-targets-dont-deal-with-peoples-real-problems-in-zimbabwe-169771 |
| Opinion piece | Chipango, E. (2021). Criminality isn’t the only way to see electricity theft in Zimbabwe. Here is why. 20th May 2021. https://theconversation.com/criminality-isnt-the-only-way-to-see-electricity-theft-in-zimbabwe-here-is-why-160493 |
