Research Programmes that Address Societal Challenges — Aligning Policy, Implementation, and Expected Impact

This article explores research programs that address societal challenges. In recent years, the rationale for innovation policy has been extended to include support instruments more explicitly designed to address societal challenges. While there are broad agreements that in this rationale research a...

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Main Author: Irene Ek
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Language:English
Published: National Research University Higher School of Economics 2018-09-01
Series:Foresight and STI Governance
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Online Access:https://foresight-journal.hse.ru/article/view/19363
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description This article explores research programs that address societal challenges. In recent years, the rationale for innovation policy has been extended to include support instruments more explicitly designed to address societal challenges. While there are broad agreements that in this rationale research and innovation support can not only stimulate growth and economic activity, but it can also actively be directed towards meeting societal challenges. However, exploring how societal challenge policy goals can be translated into something that the support instruments can influence, are not yet the focus of challenge-driven innovation policy and a topic that seems to be neglected in the research literature. This article develops a framework for a cross country analysis of how policy, programs, and impact align and highlight what can be learned from selected societal challenge programs.
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spelling doaj-art-002fd7d8bd304cf6b6cd2e1f8d3eefd12025-08-20T03:28:26ZengNational Research University Higher School of EconomicsForesight and STI Governance2500-25972018-09-0112310.17323/2500-2597.2018.3.13.19Research Programmes that Address Societal Challenges — Aligning Policy, Implementation, and Expected ImpactIrene Ek0Swedish Agency for Growth Policy Analysis, Torsgatan 11, Stockholm, Sweden This article explores research programs that address societal challenges. In recent years, the rationale for innovation policy has been extended to include support instruments more explicitly designed to address societal challenges. While there are broad agreements that in this rationale research and innovation support can not only stimulate growth and economic activity, but it can also actively be directed towards meeting societal challenges. However, exploring how societal challenge policy goals can be translated into something that the support instruments can influence, are not yet the focus of challenge-driven innovation policy and a topic that seems to be neglected in the research literature. This article develops a framework for a cross country analysis of how policy, programs, and impact align and highlight what can be learned from selected societal challenge programs. https://foresight-journal.hse.ru/article/view/19363innovation policyevaluationsocietal challengespolicy alignmentresearch programmesprogramme design
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Research Programmes that Address Societal Challenges — Aligning Policy, Implementation, and Expected Impact
Foresight and STI Governance
innovation policy
evaluation
societal challenges
policy alignment
research programmes
programme design
title Research Programmes that Address Societal Challenges — Aligning Policy, Implementation, and Expected Impact
title_full Research Programmes that Address Societal Challenges — Aligning Policy, Implementation, and Expected Impact
title_fullStr Research Programmes that Address Societal Challenges — Aligning Policy, Implementation, and Expected Impact
title_full_unstemmed Research Programmes that Address Societal Challenges — Aligning Policy, Implementation, and Expected Impact
title_short Research Programmes that Address Societal Challenges — Aligning Policy, Implementation, and Expected Impact
title_sort research programmes that address societal challenges aligning policy implementation and expected impact
topic innovation policy
evaluation
societal challenges
policy alignment
research programmes
programme design
url https://foresight-journal.hse.ru/article/view/19363
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