Gender in science and innovation as component of inclusive socioeconomic growth

The purpose of this report is to show how and why scientific understanding of biological and sociocultural (sex-gender) differences between women and men can enhance success of innovation policies that seek to promote socioeconomic advancements through science and technology. The report introduces the concept of gendered innovation and shows how it relates to innovation conceived as a process of creating improvements over current practice, achieved through the exploitation of advances in knowledge, and resulting in new goods and services, and new ways of supplying existing goods and services.The report introduces the concept of gendered innovation and shows how it relates to innovation conceived as a process of creating improvements over current practice, achieved through the exploitation of advances in knowledge, and resulting in new goods and services, and new ways of supplying existing goods and services.