Supporting a culture of innovation at a new university of technology

This paper assesses the impact of a new academic workload model on research and technology innovation in a new university of technology. The project was framed by understandings of "the innovation journey", as well as emerging understandings of "temporality" against the background of the intensification of academic work and shifts towards project-based and externally funded research. The paper draws on data collected over a one-year period during which the policy instrument was piloted. It concludes that policy-making and policy-uptake (or rejection) occurs in interactions with innovative and conservative agents, existing and planned university configurations, broader social contexts and their ongoing dynamics. An analysis of the dynamics of innovation reveals patterns that can be used to enhance institutional learning.