Full Description
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline thanks to generous funding support from The Swedish Governmental Agency For Innovation Systems, Vinnova.
This timely book expertly examines ongoing pressing issues in the modern world namely, an unstable economic climate, political turmoil and the environmental crisis. It takes a unique look at how science, technology and innovation could contribute towards the creation of a smarter and more resilient society by allowing more inclusive approaches into how science is integrated.
With an insightful global interdisciplinary approach, Smart Policies for Societies in Transition combines in-depth theoretical analysis whilst also providing a reflective look at broadening the scope of science and innovation policy in order to understand the critical issues and challenges. Chapters illustrate historical practices and events, and discuss how the move to smart politics and the linking of boundaries from a social, ecological and global viewpoint leads to fewer but more creative policies.
With its retrospective and forward-thinking perspectives, this book will be an excellent resource for academics wanting to rethink their approach to science and innovation governance, whilst scholars will find the collaborative method for combining policy analysis with theory of policymaking and governance informative and illuminating.
Contents
Contents:
1 Towards a smart society? Innovation policy and the
challenges of social inclusion, environmental resilience
and sustainable growth 1
Mats Benner, Sylvia Schwaag Serger and Göran Marklund
2 A smart green direction for innovation: the answer to
unemployment and inequality? 21
Carlota Perez and Tamsin Murray Leach
3 The importance of post-modern science policy 48
Arie Rip
4 What past changes in Swedish policy tell us about
developing third-generation research and innovation governance 59
Erik Arnold and Katharine E. Barker
5 Masculinity and nationhood: cultural roots for the "head in
the clouds and feet on the ground" research in China 87
Chadwick Wang
6 Funding transformative research - rationale and impacts 115
Terttu Luukkonen
7 Towards transformative policy in Finland and Sweden:
some viewpoints from practice 143
Sylvia Schwaag Serger and Christopher Palmberg
8 The integrative humanities - and the third research policy regime 189
Anders Ekström and Sverker Sörlin
9 Foundations and the new renewal of research 213
Pauline Mattsson and Mats Benner
10 Decision-making in a time of spin and unspoken values 228
Nils-Eric Sahlin and Sylvia Schwaag Serger
Index
