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The design of transformative research and innovation policy instruments for grand challenges: The policy-nesting perspective
[Transformative Innovation Policy Approach to E-waste Management in Ghana: Perspectives of Actors on Transformative Changes]

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  • Susana Borrás
  • Sylvia Schwaag Serger

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Several countries have created policy instruments seeking to direct research and innovation (R&I) toward addressing societal challenges. However, the design of such instruments might not always live up to their proclaimed transformative rationale. The aim of this paper is to examine empirically this matter. In a unique cross country comparison of four Grand Challenge-oriented R&I programs in the Nordic countries, we ask to what extent the design of new policy instruments for grand challenges are nested according to the rationale of transformative R&I policy. The findings show that, while all have individual transformative elements, they only exhibit weak or medium degrees of nesting. At a time of increasing transformative ambition of R&I policies, our findings make an important contribution to understanding and addressing the complexity of designing R&I transformative policy instruments.

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  • Susana Borrás & Sylvia Schwaag Serger, 2022. "The design of transformative research and innovation policy instruments for grand challenges: The policy-nesting perspective [Transformative Innovation Policy Approach to E-waste Management in Ghan," Science and Public Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 49(5), pages 659-672.
  • Handle: RePEc:oup:scippl:v:49:y:2022:i:5:p:659-672.
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    1. Paula Kivimaa & Jani Lukkarinen & David Lazarevic, 2023. "Analysis of COVID-19 recovery and resilience policy in Finland: a transformative policy mix approach," Science and Public Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 50(4), pages 681-694.
    2. Batbaatar, Maral & Sandström, Christian & P Larsson, Johan & Wennberg, Karl, 2023. "The State of the Entrepreneurial State: Empirical Evidence of Mission-Led Innovation Projects around the Globe," Ratio Working Papers 368, The Ratio Institute.
    3. Maria Bårdsen Hesjedal & Heidrun Åm, 2023. "Making sense of transdisciplinarity: Interpreting science policy in a biotechnology centre," Science and Public Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 50(2), pages 219-229.
    4. Haddad, Carolina R. & Bergek, Anna, 2023. "Towards an integrated framework for evaluating transformative innovation policy," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 52(2).

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