Newsletter

Issue #540 on Jan. 5, 2026 was the final issue of the Innovation Policy Lab Newsletter. IPL Co-Director David Wolfe has overseen this bi-weekly newsletter since its first issue in 2000. Travis Southin has been the editor since 2019, producing every issue since taking over from previous editors Jen Nelles, Tijs Creutzberg and Matthew Lucas. The newsletter has been supported through its existence by the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development, in its various incarnations, the Office of the Vice President Research, Innovation and Strategic Initiatives at the University of Toronto and the Munk Chair of Innovation Studies at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. 

Throughout its 26 year life, the newsletter's mission has remained the same: to mobilize academic research and public policy analysis to support more effective innovation policy at the local, regional and national levels. This includes research from IPL affiliated faculty and students at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, as well as from external sources. We want to thank our loyal readership of innovation policy practitioners, scholars, and other experts. This project could not have been possible without your unwavering support throughout the years. We are truly appreciative of the opportunity to have contributed to such a vibrant community of scholars and practitioners. 

We encourage our readers to keep up to date on all future IPL events and research directly through our website. 

This issue features retrospective items from earlier issues for each of the newsletter's sections. All previous issues of the IPL Newsletter can be accessed here by hovering your cursor over the 'Newsletter' tab at the top of the page.