Stevienna de Saille is a science and technology studies research fellow in the Institute for the Study of the Human (iHuman) at the University of Sheffield.Fabien Medvecky is Senior Lecturer in Science Communication at the University of Otago.Michiel van Oudheusden is a social scientist at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and a Marie Skłodowska-Curie research fellow at the University of Cambridge.Kevin Albertson is Professor of Economics at Manchester Metropolitan University.Effie Amanatidou is Honorary Senior Research Fellow at Manchester Institute of Innovation Research at the Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester.Timothy Birabi has a PhD in Economics from the University of Glasgow and is presently a corporate strategy consultant in London.Mario Pansera is Assistant Professor in Innovation Management at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona in Spain.

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• Part I: Welcome to the MatrixIntroducing Responsible Stagnation as the ‘Fourth Quadrant’ ~ Stevienna de SaillePart II: What’s Wrong with Innovation and Growth?Challenges to the Story of Innovation ~ Michiel van OudheusdenThe Problem with Markets ~ Kevin AlbertsonPart III: Responsible Stagnation and the Real WorldPutting Responsibility Centre-Stage: The Underlying Values of Responsible Stagnation ~ Fabien MedveckyInnovation for Social Needs ~ Effie Amanatidou, with George GritzasThe Plurality of Technology and Innovation in the Global South ~ Mario Pansera, with Keren Naa Abeka Arthur, Andrea Jimenez and Poonam PandeyChallenges Facing Willing Firms ~ Timothy BirabiPart IV: Responsibility in the Fourth QuadrantConclusion: The Scope of Responsible Stagnation ~ Stevienna de Saille, Fabien Medvecky and Michiel van Oudheusden