Emotional Drivers of Innovation

Innovation is ubiquitous and has become a universal term that is indispensable to describe interventions, projects, or products. Franziska Sörgel argues that emotions influence innovations as they are inherent in initial ideas, expectations and habitual evaluation criteria that impact the development process. Instead of assuming that the innovation process is subject to rational and linear creativity, the study adopts the notion of >moral economies< by="" lorraine="" daston="" as="" a="" space="" for="" negotiation.="" such="" an="" approach="" enables="" decision-makers="" to="" question="" the="" evaluation="" criteria="" and="" patterns="" for="" technological="" developments="" before="" implementing="" them="" in="">