TY - BOOK AU - Brunet,Philippe TI - Producing Innovations: A Low-Key Science Policy on Embryonic Stem Cells PY - 2017///. N1 - 3 N2 - Human embryonic stem cells (hESC) are the subject of research that requires destroying the embryo. The result is a tension between the logic of development of innovations and ethical constraints. This article seeks to understand this dynamic of innovation and its non-availability in France, focusing on political science. After understanding the development model of innovation and the concept of political science, the analysis focuses on the establishment of a normative ethical barrier against research on hESCs. This establishes a principle ‘prohibited with derogation to be seen’, full of ambiguity. The tension generated by this principle led the State to implement a low-key policy: limited, hidden and delegated. Faced with this tension, scientists are trying to develop workarounds, both politically and at scientific level, to continue the innovative dynamic. JEL Codes: O38, O30 UR - https://shs.cairn.info/journal-of-innovation-economics-2017-1-page-9?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080 ER -