Transformative Mission-Oriented Innovation Policies
Revisiting the Role of Science, Technology and Innovation in Society

Edited by Matthias Weber,Jakob Edler,Mireille Matt,Wolfgang Polt

ISBN13: 9781803929514

Imprint: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd

Format: Hardback

Published: 28/04/2025

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This prescient book offers a unique combination of the conceptualisations of transformative mission-oriented science, technology and innovation policies, including insightful in-depth empirical studies covering a wide range of countries to explore how these policies are designed, enacted and analysed. Taking a fresh look at these mission-oriented policies and the scale of ambition with large scale transformations of entire socio-technical systems, this combination of thinking allows for a greater understanding of not only the approach but also the prerequisites and challenges faced. Using detailed analysis, this book allows for enhanced learning and conclusions for the application of these policies in a variety of diverse contexts. The expert contributors offer a stimulus to the existing debates and learnings to enable a better handling of the ongoing political and practical challenges that come with adopting this approach. This engaging book is an excellent resource for scholars of science, technology and innovation policy, policy analysis and political and governance sciences. It will also be an enlightening read for national and regional policy makers responsible for implementing large scale change across policy areas such as energy, health, transport and climate related policies.
Contents Introduction: the motivation for this volume and an overview of its contributions 1 Jakob Edler, Mireille Matt, Wolfgang Polt and Matthias Weber PART I TRANSFORMATIVE MISSION-ORIENTED STI POLICY: THEORY AND CONCEPT 1 Transformative mission-oriented STI policy: theoretical and conceptual rationales, intervention logics and challenges of an emerging type of STI policies 16 Jakob Edler, Mireille Matt, Wolfgang Polt and Matthias Weber 2 From formulation to implementation: conceptualizing mission-oriented policies as multi-stage translation processes 36 Florian Wittmann, Miriam Hufnagl, Florian Roth, Merve Yorulmaz, Ralf Lindner and Stephanie Daimer 3 Missions as a boundary object in umbrella frameworks: the case of the Dutch mission-oriented top sector and innovation policy 53 Matthijs Janssen, Joeri Wesseling, Jonas Torrens, Matthias Weber and Caetano C. R. Penna PART II TRANSFORMATIVE MISSION-ORIENTED STI POLICIES IN DIFFERENT POLITICAL SYSTEMS AND ON DIFFERENT LEVELS 4 Mission-oriented innovation policies in Europe: from the normative to the epistemic turn? 78 Rainer Kattel and Mariana Mazzucato 5 The formative evaluation of open-ended transformative missions: the Vinnova experience in the food system 97 Caetano C. R. Penna, Johan Schot, Diana Velasco and Jordi Molas-Gallart 6 Challenges and opportunities of mission-oriented innovation policies for realising transformative agendas: general principles and application to the case of the fight against climate change 118 Philippe Larrue 7 Transformative missions as part of sustainability research programmes: experiences from the German FONA framework programme 144 Rainer Walz, Susanne Bührer and Sarah Seus 8 Conversion of the green mission for transformation-oriented industrial innovation: green growth and 2050 carbon neutrality in South Korea 171 Soohong Eum 9 Mission-oriented innovation policy for transformative innovation in Japan: historical development and lessons from the case of automated driving 197 Kazuhito Oyamada and Tateo Arimoto 10 The spatial and scalar implications of missions: challenges and opportunities for policy 218 Elvira Uyarra, Iris Wanzenböck and Kieron Flanagan 11 Transformative innovation policy in the making: how directionality has emerged for mobility as a service in Finland 237 Paula Kivimaa and Jonas Torrens 12 The transformative potential of Horizon Europe RI Partnerships in the areas of climate, energy, and mobility 258 Katharina Berger, Christoph Brodnik and Michael Dinges PART III EMPIRICAL COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRANSFORMATIONAL AREAS 13 Achilles’ heels of acceleration? Assessing critical capacity for transformative policy mixes 283 Karoline S. Rogge and Qi Song 14 Transformative missions in healthcare: the case of preventive healthcare in the Netherlands 302 Wouter Boon 15 Governance arrangements for the implementation of transformative innovation policy: insights from a comparative case study 318 Matthijs Janssen, Iris Wanzenböck, Lea Fünfschilling and Dimitrios Pontikakis PART IV IMPLEMENTING TRANSFORMATIVE MISSION-ORIENTED STI POLICY 16 Programming missions: steering a mission-oriented research programme through the production and use of strategic intelligence 348 Douglas K. R. Robinson, Mireille Matt and Renée van Dis 17 The governance of transformative mission-oriented STI policies 368 Jakob Edler and Matthias Weber
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