This Meeting Report summarises the first of two workshops, held in March 2006 at Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford, which was organised to share insights into delivering greater innovation in energy systems.
Innovation in energy systems will provide a core contribution to achieving national and international energy policy goals, including energy security and long-term reductions in CO2 emissions. However, theoretical approaches to understanding innovation differ radically between separate disciplinary perspectives and there is a need for greater mutual learning between these approaches to take place. This workshop brought together leading representatives from economic, institutional and management perspectives to describe their respective approaches, share knowledge and insights and, hopefully, come to a greater degree of common understanding.