ABSTRACT
This chapter argues that non-ideal principles of equity, recognition and participation can guide the development of an evaluative framework of inclusive innovation. By focusing on the processes, outcomes and impacts of technological and non-technological innovation, this justice-based framework can facilitate the construction of equitable and participatory innovation systems which are able to satisfy people’s basic needs, thus meeting the fundamental demands of social justice. Existing methodologies and methods of evaluation such as innovation benchmarking can be updated and/or adapted in such a way that they are able to measure inclusiveness in the innovation process. However, this adaptation should take place with the involvement of all stakeholders, including innovators, regulators and communities that were previously excluded. If the broad idea of inclusive innovation is that no one ought to be left behind, then new indicators ought to be democratically agreed by all agents of social change.
