Dr Viktória Döme

Viktória is an ambitious young researcher aspiring to make an impact on innovation policy by bridging the gap between academia and policymaking.

She has research experience in both qualitative and quantitative analysis in the fields of innovation policy, emerging technology policy and sustainability transitions. Her work heavily draws on systems thinking as she believes that many of the complex issues around innovation policy can only be understood, let alone solved, if system parts and their interdependencies are carefully characterized.

Viktória is currently a Research Associate at the Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Policy at the Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge. She works on emerging technology policy, advising UK government departments and agencies on related issues. She is part-time seconded to the UK’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). She has also been working as a consultant providing evidence to inform policy-related projects for stakeholders such as DSIT, Innovate UK, Women in Manufacturing UK, Friedrich Ebert Foundation.

She has received her PhD in Public Policy from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and her BSc in Ecological and Environmental Sciences from the University of Edinburgh. She also studied at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, following which she became a network partner at the Sustainability and Economic Development Collaboratory and worked as a scientist at A*STAR in Singapore. During her studies, she also worked at the Ministry of Environment in Slovakia.

Selected publications and conference presentations

Döme, V., Doubleday, R. & O’Sullivan, E. (forthcoming). Handbook for policy makers on lessons learned from emerging technology policy in the UK [Policy Report].

Döme, V., O’Sullivan, E. & Rodriguez-Rivero, M. C. (2023). Technology strata: A framework distinguishing between technologies [Policy Briefing Note]. https://www.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/uploads/Research/CSTI/Briefing_notes/csti_brief_technology_strata_framework_v2.pdf

Döme, V. & O’Sullivan, E. (2023). Governance of research and innovation: UK in an international comparative context [Policy Briefing Note]. https://www.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/uploads/Research/CSTI/Briefing_notes/csti_brief_governance_of_research_and_innovation_v2.pdf

Döme, V. & O’Sullivan, E. (forthcoming). Innovation lifecycle of nanotechnology as an emerging technology family [Working Paper].

Döme, V., Mather, M. & O’Sullivan, E. (forthcoming). Do technology distinctions matter for emerging technologies? Conceptual framework tested on quantum sensors [Working Paper].

Döme, V. (2024). Country briefings: Hungary [Policy Briefing Note]. In Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (Eds.), Innovation policy in the EU member states of Central and Eastern Europe. https://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/budapest/21198.pdf

Luo, G. W., Döme, V., Cycak, W., & Matus, K. J. (2024). Innovation policy for sustainability transitions in small economies: Energy technology innovation in Hong Kong. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 51, 100841. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2024.100841

Döme, V. (2023). A global-scale study on decision making in renewable energy policy: Internal and external factors driving the adoption of Feed-in Tariffs and Renewable Portfolio Standards. Environmental Policy and Governance, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1002/eet.2085

Döme, V. & O’Sullivan, E. (2023). Innovation lifecycle of nanotechnology as an emerging platform technology [Conference Presentation]. Eu-SPRI Conference, University of Sussex.

Döme, V. (2023). Skillset Challenges of a Transitioning Workforce [Invited Speaker]. Enlit Europe, Paris.

Döme, V. (2023). Think Tank 2023: Is Europe at risk of losing its first-mover advantage in the energy transition? [Invited Speaker]. Enlit Europe, Paris.

Döme, V., Matus, K. & Cycak, W. (forthcoming). Innovation strategies meet sustainable development needs: A comparative analysis of innovation policies of 10 OECD countries across five sectors [Working Paper].

Döme, V., Matus, K. & Cycak, W. (2021). The role of government and public policy in clean energy technology innovation: The case of Central European countries [Conference Presentation]. EU-SPRI Early Career Research Conference.

Döme, V. (2019). Cross-national diffusion patterns of the Feed-in Tariff scheme [Conference Presentation]. Asia-Pacific Public Policy Network Conference, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.