In political science scholarship, the concept of innovation has gained considerable traction over the past 20 years, largely due to the increased attention it has received from the OECD, the US and UK governments, and the European Union. This literature revolves around two broad areas of research: the politics of innovation and innovation in politics. Within this debate, the concept of innovation covers a wide range of phenomena—such as the relationship between institutions and innovation, the political use of innovation, the innovation of governance structures and procedures, the adoption of democratic innovations, and the creation of mechanisms and actors supporting the diffusion of innovation—and it is studied mainly as a dependent variable, while the outcomes of public innovation remain under-investigated (De Vries et al., 2016).