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Steering at a distance: research centre funding schemes as instruments for university change Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Manuel Pereira-Puga, Luis Sanz-Menéndez
In addition to promoting reforms, governments foster change in university systems through funding, competition, and new policy instruments. Little research has been conducted on how research centre funding schemes support organizational changes in universities and on their institutional and policy barriers. This article addresses the research centre funding schemes implemented by the regional government
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Researchers engaging with society: who does what? Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Siri Brorstad Borlaug, Maria Karaulova, Silje Marie Svartefoss, Gunnar Sivertsen, Ingeborg Meijer, Thed van Leeuwen, Laurens K Hessels
Distinguishing between research collaboration, consultancy, dissemination, and commercialization of research results, this paper analyses the determinants of researchers’ societal engagement. The analytical framework integrates societal engagement as part of the credibility cycle. Several variables extend previous findings on determinants and mechanisms—herein scientific recognition and funding sources
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How a timely policy contributes to technological capability building: insights from Iran’s biopharmaceutical sector Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Amir Ghorbani, Kiarash Fartash, Abolfazl Bagheri
Building technological capabilities is influenced by different factors, notably policies. This paper explains the co-evolution of policies, i.e. policy tools, on the technological capabilities in Iran’s biopharmaceutical sector from 1995 to 2022. By adopting a qualitative research method, we gathered primary data through thirty-nine semi-structured as well as secondary data from reports and statistics
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“It is controlling, but you don’t really care.” Researchers’ perceptions of legitimation of research policy Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Vanja Carlsson, Evelina Johansson Wilén
Starting from the tension between scientific autonomy and state governing in research policy, the aim of this article is to examine how researchers who apply for funding in Sweden perceive the legitimate grounds for a new research policy in which sex and gender perspectives are integrated as criteria in assessing scientific quality. Our results show that researcher’s perception of themselves, and of
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Effectively financing private sector innovation? Toward a conceptual policy framework Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Alix Jansen, Dan Breznitz
Our understanding of innovation policies has been enhanced. However, there is still a gap in conceptualizing the effectiveness of one of innovation policy’s most important tools: financial incentives (FIs). Scholars developed an understanding of the effectiveness of direct versus indirect FIs, but there is no clear theoretical framework that delineates what kind of financial instruments impact what
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Enhancing international collaboration in science, technology, and innovation to achieve sustainable development goals Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Iciar Dominguez Lacasa, Manuel Molina Vogelsang
This paper develops a framework for policymakers supporting sustainable development through international collaboration in science, technology, and innovation (STI). The approach can be applied to derive the national policy strategy for international collaboration in STI. The contribution focuses on the case of Germany in the field of food and agriculture. Accordingly, considering Germany’s current
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Citizen attitudes toward science and technology, 1957–2020: measurement, stability, and the Trump challenge Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Jon D Miller, Belén Laspra, Carmelo Polino, Glenn Branch, Mark S Ackerman, Robert T Pennock
In democratic societies around the world, the number of science policy decisions is increasing. One of the fundamental principles of democracy is that citizens should be able to understand the issues before them. Using a 63-year cross-sectional US data set, we use confirmatory factor analysis to construct and test a two-dimensional measure of attitude to science and technology that has been relatively
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Closing the loop without reinventing the wheel: public procurement for innovation promoting a circular economy Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2024-01-13 Stephanie Francis Grimbert, Jon Mikel Zabala-Iturriagagoitia
This theoretical paper adopts a procedural perspective to identify the challenges associated with the implementation of the full scope of approaches to circular public procurement (CPP). We contend that beyond considering CPP from a substantive standpoint (i.e. the procurement affects outside of the organization), adopting a procedural perspective (i.e. the procurement affects inside an organization)
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Can open peer review improve uptake of preprints into policies? Evidence from a causal inference Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2024-01-10 Chuer Xu, Qianjin Zong
The advantage of no publication time lag had led to the use of preprints as research evidence for public policy development that required a rapid response. However, the opposite side of the lack of publication time lag for preprints was their usual lack of peer review, which was the main reason why preprints were criticized as low quality and unreliable. This study aimed to investigate the effects
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Navigating the multiple views of value in assessing public procurement Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2024-01-10 Maria Merisalo, Kirsi Hyytinen, Juha Oksanen, Matti Pihlajamaa, Elvira Uyarra
Public procurement has gained a heightened role in responding to grand societal challenges. Additional goals besides the more traditional objectives for public procurement have produced conflicts and raised the question of how to assess public procurement comprehensively. In this article, we explore the impact model created for the National Public Procurement Strategy of Finland. We investigate the
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Transfer of university patents and its impact on follow-on invention Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Seokbeom Kwon
This study examines the effects of granting firms exclusive rights to use university inventions on the creation of follow-on inventions. By analyzing a dataset of transferred patents from research universities to firms in the USA between 2000 and 2013, we find that allowing firms to exclusively utilize university inventions through patent transfers leads to an increase in follow-on inventions among
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The early emergence of ombuds systems in Japanese science universities Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2024-01-04 Matthew Brummer, Sam Bamkin
Ombuds systems in higher education institutes have become increasingly commonplace in North America and Europe, yet there remains a dearth of studies that examine dispute resolution systems in Asia. This article examines the case of Japan, a veritable technology powerhouse that adopted its first organizational ombuds offices in 2019 and 2021 at two leading science universities: Okinawa Institute of
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Priorities in research portfolios: exploring the need for upstream research in cardiometabolic and mental health Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-12-11 Wouter van de Klippe, Alfredo Yegros-Yegros, Tim Willemse, Ismael Rafols
A current issue in mission-oriented research policy is the balance of priorities in research portfolios. In parallel, in health policies, there is a debate on shifting research away from biomedical treatments towards health promotion and well-being. In this study, we examine if research agendas are responsive to these demands in cardiometabolic and mental health. First, we conducted bibliometric analyses
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Missions and Cohesion Policy: is there a match? Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-11-28 Francesco Cappellano, Francesco Molica, Teemu Makkonen
This paper explores possibilities for cross-fertilization between the mission-oriented approach (MOA), informing the European Union (EU) Missions, and Cohesion Policy (CP). It argues for mutual policy learning between CP and MOA to address their shortcomings: CP faces a gradual erosion of its identity, while MOA lacks a territorial perspective. MOA can offer a theoretical ‘blueprint’ for reorganizing
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Taking pluralism seriously: a new perspective on evidence-based policy Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-11-21 Karim Bschir, Simon Lohse
Scientific policy advice in the face of complex real-world problems requires a maximally pluralistic knowledge base. However, integrating different types of knowledge from a variety of sources raises a series of highly challenging epistemic as well as practical problems. We propose an integrated model of pluralistic policy advice emphasizing the appropriate constitution and structure of pluralistic
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Value dissonance in research(er) assessment: individual and perceived institutional priorities in review, promotion, and tenure Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-11-17 Tony Ross-Hellauer, Thomas Klebel, Petr Knoth, Nancy Pontika
There are currently broad moves to reform research assessment, especially to better incentivize open and responsible research and avoid problematic use of inappropriate quantitative indicators. This study adds to the evidence base for such decision-making by investigating researcher perceptions of current processes of research assessment in institutional review, promotion, and tenure processes. Analysis
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Drivers of eco-innovation: the role of appropriability strategies and complementary assets Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-11-15 Guillermo Orjuela-Ramirez, Julio Cesar Zuluaga-Jimenez, David Urbano
How do eco-innovators protect and profit from their innovations so they have the incentive to undertake an innovation in the first place? The double externality nature of environmental innovations intricates this appropriability problem, as competitors and society might also benefit from the value created by eco-innovation. Based on David Teece’s Profiting from innovation framework, we argue that firms
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The precarity paradox: the precarity-driven inefficiencies of research at a public university Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-11-15 António Ferreira, João Quesado Delgado
Precarity is often interpreted as a neoliberal management strategy to maximize profits in private companies through the endorsement of insecure jobs, inadequate wages, and limited rights for workers. This interpretation, however, is unsuitable to analyse situations where the State endorses precarity in non-profit public organizations, for example, State-sponsored universities. We hypothesize that in
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From experimentation to structural change: fostering institutional entrepreneurship for public engagement in research and innovation Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-11-15 Joshua B Cohen, Anne M C Loeber, ilse Marschalek, Michael J Bernstein, Vincent Blok, Raúl Tabarés, Robert Gianni, Erich Griessler
Many researchers experiment with participatory settings to increase public engagement in research and innovation (R&I). Because of their temporary nature, it often remains unclear how such participatory experiments can contribute to structural change. This paper empirically explores options for bridging this gap. It analyzes how participants can be supported to act as institutional entrepreneurs to
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Bridging conflicting frames in policies for digital transformation Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-11-12 Nunzia Coco, Cinzia Colapinto, Vladi Finotto
Despite several policies aimed at igniting digital transformation, many regions lag behind. We investigate this discrepancy by postulating that the political consensus on accelerating Industry 4.0 adoption among micro-, small- and mid-sized enterprises (MSMEs) needs to consider the heterogeneity of entrepreneurial and social fabrics. Best practices in policy-making exist, but their deployment requires
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Gender bias in team formation: the case of the European Science Foundation’s grants Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-10-28 Michele Pezzoni, Fabiana Visentin
This paper investigates gender bias (if any) when teams are formed. We use data from the European Science Foundation to estimate if female scientists have the same opportunities as their male colleagues to join a team when applying for funds. To assess gender bias, we construct a control group of scientists with the competencies for being invited to join the team but who do not join. By comparing the
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From responsibility to risk: ethics in the Bermuda Triangle of EU research and innovation policy Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-10-24 Blagovesta I Nikolova
This paper aims to trace how the meaning of ethics in the research and innovation (R&I) sector is discursively and procedurally revised within two consecutive modes of legitimizing public policies in the European Union (EU), namely, good governance and better regulation. The text draws insight from Ernesto Laclau’s work on discursivity, contingency, and hegemony and Chantal Mouffe’s critique of consensual
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Gerontocracy, labor market bottlenecks, and generational crises in modern science Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-10-19 Kyle Siler
Many early career researchers (ECRs) currently face long odds of attaining a full-time or tenure-track research position. Populations of graduate and postdoctoral researchers have continually increased, without concomitant increases in tenure-track jobs or stable research careers. The current hypercompetitive academic labor market is societally inefficient and often inhumane to ECRs, commonly characterized
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Evolution of the STIP literature: discovering the growing role of innovation governance concepts Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-10-17 Sepehr Ghazinoory, Alireza Ranjbar, Tahereh Sonia Saheb
The evolution of science, technology, and innovation Policy (STIP) studies has been marked by the emergence and decline of various intellectual streams regarding the innovation process and the role of government. These streams are known as STIP generations or paradigms and have undergone changes in perspective on innovation across different historical periods. This article aims to provide a clear understanding
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Bringing technology to market: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute SBIR Phase IIB projects Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-10-12 Sara Nienow, Olena Leonchuk, Alan C O’Connor, Albert N Link
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) is the fourth largest institute in the US National Institutes of Health (NIH). Surprisingly, there is a conspicuous void of policy studies related to the research activities of NHLBI in comparison to NIH or the National Cancer Institute. This paper investigates the likelihood that a business funded through NHLBI’s Small Business Innovation Research
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The micro-dynamics of scientific choice: research project motivations among public affairs academics Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-10-12 John P Nelson
Academic researchers’ choices about research projects to pursue are an important mechanism in societal allocation of research effort. It is unclear whether researchers’ criteria for project choice align with those articulated by policy scholars and philosophers. Many potential criteria for project choice are commonly discussed in scholarly and popular literature, but they have been little studied on
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Social innovation, transformation, and public policy: towards a conceptualization and critical appraisal Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-09-25 Jakob Edler, Katrin Ostertag, Johanna Schuler
This article conceptualizes the role of social innovation (SI) in transformational innovation policy, identifies policy options, and points out potential risks of mobilizing SI for transformations. We illustrate our conceptual claims based on selected policy examples and propose a set of distinctions about the basic role of policy for SI in the context of transformation. We distinguish the importance
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Navigating missions: experiences from a long-term R&I programme to transform the building sector in Austria Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-09-25 Harald Rohracher, Michael Ornetzeder
Mission-oriented innovation policies are increasingly recognized as an effective strategy for initiating and guiding far-reaching transition processes towards sustainability. In this article, we examine a successful early example of a national mission-oriented research and innovation (R&I) programme (Building of Tomorrow) that has had a significant impact on the building sector in Austria. The objective
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A four-asset technology-based growth policy Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-08-30 Gregory Tassey
This paper presents the rationale for a four-asset growth policy model, which the US economy has executed only on a partial and intermittent basis over the past four decades. The need for such a model is driven by (1) growing global competition, (2) resulting slower gross domestic product and personal income growth, and (3) a consequent rise in income inequality. Without a more effective growth model
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Fun and less fun funding: the experiential affordances of research grant conditions Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-08-25 Andreas Kjær Stage, Ea Høg Utoft
The conditions of mainstream research funding constrain risky, novel research. However, alternative grants are emerging. We study grantees of a double-blinded funding scheme targeting risky, novel research: The Villum Experiment (VE). Without prompting, scientists juxtaposed the experience of performing research under these conditions with that of performing research funded by mainstream grants: fun
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Distrust in grant peer review—reasons and remedies Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-08-22 Liv Langfeldt, Ingvild Reymert, Silje Marie Svartefoss
With the increasing reliance on competitive grants to fund research, we see a review system under pressure. While peer review has long been perceived as the cornerstone of self-governance in science, researchers have expressed distrust in the peer review procedures of funding agencies. This paper draws on literature pointing out ability, benevolence, and integrity as important for trustworthiness and
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Making space for CRISPR: scientists’ translation work to make gene editing a legitimate technology Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-08-22 Marit Svingen, Lisbeth Jahren
This paper focuses on scientists working with CRISPR in Norway, where genetic modification is thought to be a particularly stigmatized technology with strict regulation and a strong consumer skepticism. Drawing on actor–network theory, we investigate the translation work these scientists perform to mobilize CRISPR as a more legitimate technology and how they relate to society’s perception of GMO. We
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Universities of applied sciences’ EU research project participation through the lens of differentiation Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-08-21 Marco Cavallaro
In European universities of applied sciences (UASs), the intensity of research activities and the level of differentiation from universities vary across countries. We investigate whether the differentiation in the research function of UASs is reflected in their participation in the European Union Framework Programs for Research and Innovation (EU-FPs). We focus on the current and former UASs in four
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To govern or be governed: an integrated framework for AI governance in the public sector Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-08-08 Hyeri Choi, Min Jae Park
There has been a significantly increased amount of literature on various aspects of artificial intelligence (AI), but research on AI governance has been a considerably underdeveloped area. This study proposes a comprehensive framework for designing AI governance in the public sector to overcome the limitations of previous studies that primarily dealt with the fragmentary aspect of AI. Also, we applied
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Research excellence and scientific advisory boards Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-08-03 Maya Göser, Stefan Wimmer, Johannes Sauer
Scientific advisory boards are frequently established to provide scientific insights and advice to policymakers. Advisory board appointing bodies often state that research excellence and scientific seniority are the main grounds on which advisory board members are selected. Many authors have pointed out that there is more to giving good scientific advice than just being an expert for a specific research
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Making sense of knowledge-brokering organisations: boundary organisations or policy entrepreneurs? Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-06-28 Eleanor MacKillop, Andrew Connell, James Downe, Hannah Durrant
Knowledge-brokering organisations (KBOs) have multiplied in the evidence–policy landscape worldwide, changing how decision-makers are accessing evidence. Yet, we still know little about their emergence and roles. This research helps to understand KBOs and their place in evidence-based policymaking by highlighting the varied work that they do, the relationships they cultivate with policymakers, the
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North–South research funding dynamics of collaborative projects: researchers’ appropriation strategies of agencies’ project frameworks Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-06-19 Montserrat Alom Bartrolí
North–South research funding dynamics have been progressively marked by the rise of project-based funding responding to agencies’ predefined research topics. Still, Southern researchers’ behaviour to cope with Northern agencies’ project frameworks remains an understudied question. This article addresses this gap by examining Southern applicants’ practices when preparing proposals for collaborative
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Evidence-neglect: addressing a barrier to UK health and climate policy ambitions Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-06-19 Theresa M Marteau
Scientific evidence is just one of many sources of information for policymakers. Neglecting this evidence is, however, an important feature of unsuccessful policy-making. Recent UK governments’ ambitions to improve the nation’s health and tackle climate change are—to varying degrees—off course. These include halving childhood obesity by 2030 and achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Evidence
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Brazilian Air Force acquisition policies: observing absorptive capacity and contingent factors in aeronautical beneficiary companies Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-06-19 Thiago Caliari, Mayara Bovo, Lígia Maria Soto Urbina, Rodrigo Arnaldo Scarpel
The offset agreement (OA) of the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) is a demand-side policy aiming to improve innovative capacities. However, it may be constrained by companies’ absorptive capacities, relationship features, and sectoral specificities. This study examines these issues in a small but representative sample of domestic beneficiary firms from the FAB’s OA. The model in the study by Zahra and George
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Responding to uncertainty in the COVID-19 pandemic: perspectives from Bavaria, Germany Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-06-14 Amelia Fiske, Johannes Lange, Alena Buyx, Stuart McLennan
The 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has created unprecedented challenges for policymakers and scientific experts charged with preventing the spread of the virus. In upending the usual mechanisms for political deliberation, the pandemic offers a window into the co-production of governmental policy decisions and scientific evidence. Taking the German state of Bavaria as a case study, this
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Researcher roles in collaborative governance interventions Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-06-14 Taru Peltola, Sanna-Riikka Saarela, Juha M Kotilainen, Tapio Litmanen, Jani Lukkarinen, Ismo Pölönen, Outi Ratamäki, Heli Saarikoski, Miikka Salo, Suvi Vikström
While societies are facing complex problems involving multiple stakeholders and interdependencies, interest in collaborative governance as a potential solution is rising. Research-based interventions in policy, planning, and management processes have been introduced to test different approaches and tools for collaboration. The nature of these processes, tools, and approaches varies substantially, as
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Science diplomacy from the Global South: the case of intergovernmental science organizations Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-06-13 Anna-Lena Rüland, Nicolas Rüffin, Katharina Cramer, Prosper Ngabonziza, Manoj Saxena, Stefan Skupien
Intergovernmental science organizations (IGSOs) address many challenges of the 21st century. Several countries of the Global South have joined established IGSOs or have created new ones. Yet we know little about their interests in IGSOs. Our study addresses this blind spot by investigating which objectives Southern actors pursue in IGSOs and under which conditions they are likely to achieve their objectives
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Do winners pick government? How scale-up experience shapes entrepreneurs’ assessments of innovation policy mixes Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-06-13 Steven Denney, Travis Southin, David A Wolfe
How do entrepreneurs of high-growth firms in small, open economies evaluate innovation policy mixes? In response to market consolidation by large firms, governments in such countries are using a mix of innovation policy tools to support firms with high-growth potential in digitally intensive sectors. Government objectives, however, are not being realized. Bringing actor-centric perspectives to the
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The globalization of science diplomacy in the early 1970s: a historical exploration Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-06-09 Sam Robinson, Matthew Adamson, Gordon Barrett, Lif Lund Jacobsen, Simone Turchetti, Aya Homei, Péter Marton, Leah Aronowsky, Iqra Choudry, Johan Gärdebo, Jaehwan Hyun, Gerardo Ienna, Carringtone Kinyanjui, Beatriz Martínez-Rius, Júlia Mascarello, Doubravka Olsakova, Giulia Rispoli, Waqar Zaidi
The early 1970s brought fundamental transitions in international scientific collaboration that significantly affected the international relations in global patterns that are still relevant today. This article uses a multi-perspective approach to argue that the underlying condition for the globalization of science diplomacy was the increasing participation of recently independent countries in international
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Scientific collaborations between Latin America and Europe: an approach from science diplomacy towards international engagement Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-06-09 Luisa F Echeverría-King, Aura Fossati, Nussaïbah B Raja, Kleinsy Bonilla, Bernardo Urbani, Radenka Krsmanović Whiffen, Tereza Vizinová
International collaborations show asymmetries and imbalances that influence how countries take part in international relations. In this context, science diplomacy (SD) could offer possibilities towards building partnerships and meaningful engagement between Europe and Latin America. The purpose of this article is to analyse how scientific collaborations between Latin American and European researchers
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Exploring indicators for monitoring sociotechnical system transitions through portfolio networks Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-06-03 Caetano C R Penna, Oscar Yandy Romero Goyeneche, Cristian Matti
In this paper, we propose a method for tracking the evolution of sociotechnical niches supported by sustainability-focused project portfolios. Based on social network analysis (SNA), this method can be used to evaluate and monitor funding initiatives that seek to advance sociotechnical transitions. It is an important area of study because there is currently a lack of tools for measuring the success
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Ideology, knowledge, and the assessment of science policy agencies Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-06-01 Kathryn Haglin, Arnold Vedlitz
In the USA, politics often dominates the conversation surrounding science and related technologies. We also live in times of high political polarization, leading to political debate over scientific discoveries and subsequent policy implications. Given these dynamics, there is much to be learned about the politicization of science, individuals’ policy views, and the public’s relationship with the communication
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Does international R&D cooperation under institutional agreements have a greater impact than those without agreements? Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-05-27 Paulo Henrique Assis Feitosa, Sergio Salles-Filho, Adriana Bin, Yohanna Juk, Fernando Antonio Basile Colugnati
Funding agencies (FAs) have increasingly engaged in international cooperation agreements (ICAs) to encourage world-class research and achieve more promising outcomes in the context of increasing competition for research resources. While the benefits of International Research Collaboration are largely supported by literature, less attention was paid to the influence of ICA on scientific and technological
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Disentangling the local context—imagined communities and researchers’ sense of belonging Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-05-13 Serge P J M Horbach, Mads P Sørensen, Nick Allum, Abigail-Kate Reid
It is generally agreed that researchers’ ‘local context’ matters to the successful implementation of research integrity policies. However, it often remains unclear what the relevant local context is. Is it the institutions and immediate working surroundings of researchers? Or, do we need to pay more attention to researchers’ epistemic communities if we want to understand their ‘local context’? In this
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Analysis of COVID-19 recovery and resilience policy in Finland: a transformative policy mix approach Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-05-13 Paula Kivimaa, Jani Lukkarinen, David Lazarevic
Transformative innovation policy (TIP) implies not only new directionality for innovation policy but also rethinking its means and scope. This requires further investigation into the role of horizontal and cross-sectoral policy programmes that may be relevant for upscaling innovation and destabilising regimes. This paper studies the national implementation, in Finland, of the European Union (EU) programme
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The experimentation–accountability trade-off in innovation and industrial policy: are learning networks the solution? Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-05-05 Slavo Radosevic, Despina Kanellou, George Tsekouras
The exact nature of industrial/innovation (I/I) policy challenges and the best way to address them are unknown ex ante. This requires a degree of experimentation, which can be problematic in the context of an accountable public administration and leaves the question of how to reconcile the experimental nature of I/I policy with the need for public accountability, a crucial but unresolved issue. The
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Policy entrepreneurs, entrepreneurial strategies, and institutional contexts in Interreg Europe Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-05-05 Arnault Morisson, Evangelia Petridou
In their efforts to affect policy change, policy entrepreneurs employ a series of strategies, which have been well documented in the literature. However, little is known regarding the relationship between the types of strategies policy entrepreneurs use and the institutional contexts in which they operate. The Interreg Europe programme aims to promote policy changes and thus offers a space for policy
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Evaluation of research proposals by peer review panels: broader panels for broader assessments? Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-04-12 Rebecca Abma-Schouten, Joey Gijbels, Wendy Reijmerink, Ingeborg Meijer
Panel peer review is widely used to decide which research proposals receive funding. Through this exploratory observational study at two large biomedical and health research funders in the Netherlands, we gain insight into how scientific quality and societal relevance are discussed in panel meetings. We explore, in ten review panel meetings of biomedical and health funding programmes, how panel composition
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From global climate goals to local practice—mission-oriented policy enactment in three Swedish regions Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-04-08 Nancy Brett, Thomas Magnusson, Hans Andersson
As the national and supranational levels of government embrace the concept of missions to solve wicked problems, the importance of understanding how missions move from one level of governance to another becomes essential. In this paper, we present a comparative case analysis of evolving regional biogas systems to consider how global missions on climate action are enacted in local practice. Referring
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Centres of excellence in Latin America: how do these differ from other experiences? Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-03-31 Pavel Gabriel Corilloclla Terbullino
Centres of excellence (CoEs), as boundary-spanning structures between universities and firms, have been promoted and studied mainly in developed countries, while some Latin American countries have recently launched CoE programmes. This study explores how CoEs in Chile and Peru have been working in terms of their internal structures and interactions. It draws upon a conceptual framework that encompasses
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A new facet of cumulative advantage in higher education finance Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-03-31 Lars Herberholz
This paper studies the accumulation of financial resources in higher education. Its focus lies on the Quality Pact for Teaching (QPT), a large-scale funding programme that aimed to improve the quality of tertiary education in Germany. Starting in 2011, the QPT allocated almost 2 billion euros over a 10-year period. Yet, unlike prior national funding schemes, the QPT was strongly inspired by New Public
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Boundary work in the regional innovation policy mix: SME digital technology diffusion policies in Wales Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-03-14 Dylan Henderson
In recent decades, research has begun to examine the concept of the regional policy mix and its implications for regional innovation. While this has highlighted the role of interactions between multilevel policy instruments and the potential for duplication and synergies, it has tended to underplay the contribution of policy actors to managing such policy mix processes. This paper seeks to add to this
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Competition, open innovation, and growth challenges in the semiconductor industry: the case of Europe’s clusters Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-03-08 Robert Huggins, Andrew Johnston, Max Munday, Chen Xu
In recent years, public policymakers in Europe have become increasingly aware of the need to support Europe’s failing semiconductor industry. This is an emerging policy area, and this paper examines the current state of the industry in Europe and assesses its potential future. It contends that the competitiveness of the industry will be related to its innovative capacity, especially its capability
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Missions as boundary objects for transformative change: understanding coordination across policy, research, and stakeholder communities Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-02-07 Matthijs J Janssen, Joeri Wesseling, Jonas Torrens, K Matthias Weber, Caetano Penna, Laurens Klerkx
Recent times have seen the rediscovery and adaptation of mission-oriented innovation policies (MIPs) for driving transformative change. While such policies seek to mobilise and align stakeholders, little is known about how missions feature in policy coordination processes. We argue that to facilitate the still troublesome operationalisation of MIPs, it is essential to understand missions as ‘boundary
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The role of intermediaries in nurturing innovation ecosystems: a case study of Singapore’s manufacturing sector Science and Public Policy (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2022-12-26 Huey Yuen Ng, Yining Luo, Hyunkyu Park
Hitherto marginalized in the extant innovation studies is the role of intermediaries in innovation ecosystems, which require greater coordination and orchestration between manifold organizations. We conduct qualitative research on the Precision Engineering Centre of Innovation to understand how this government-affiliated intermediary in Singapore takes the initiative in shaping an innovation ecosystem