Through a multiple case study involving 30 organizations in the province of Québec (Canada) and in the state of São Paulo (Brazil), this paper identifies the contextual dimensions that both contribute to and constrain the emergence of responsibility in food systems. The findings can inform research and policy aiming to design institutional environments that promote a transition towards more responsible food systems.

Pozelli Sabio, R., Lehoux, P. (2022). How does context contribute to and constrain the emergence of responsible innovation in food systems? Results from a multiple case study. Sustainability. 14(13), 7776.

In this article, we explore the perspectives of entrepreneurs producing innovation in health who have received support from incubators or accelerators. We examine how the benefits vary depending on when and how the responsible health entrepreneurs received this support.

In this article, we explore the role that healthcare and social service managers can play in developing innovation to address health system challenges. Using the Responsible Innovation in Health (RIH) framework, we analyze 37 interviews we conducted with Canadian and Brazilian innovators. We sought to identify how they implement inclusive design processes, what influences the responsiveness of their innovation to system challenges, and how they consider the level and intensity of care required by their innovation.

Lehoux, P., Silva, H. P., Rocha de Oliveira, R., Sabio, R. P., & Malas, K. (2021). Responsible innovation in health and health system sustainability: Insights from health innovators’ views and practices, Health Services Management Research.

In this paper, we describe the challenges faced by organizations implementing new business models to develop and disseminate responsible innovations. By documenting the entrepreneurial challenges of 16 Canadian and Brazilian organizations (for-profit and non-profit), we develop an empirical model that clarifies what it means to create economic, social and environmental value.

Guided by Tronto’s (1993) ethic of care framework and Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI), this qualitative study focuses on the ways in which health innovation designers reason around care and responsibility and translate these notions into their work. The exploratory findings provide a novel empirical basis for scholars to conceptualize health innovation designers as ‘care-makers’ and to integrate designers within the care relationship alongside caregivers and care-receivers.