Transformative Mission-Oriented Innovation Policies
Revisiting the Role of Science, Technology and Innovation in Society
Published on 30. May 2025
Book
Hardback
410 pages
978-1-80392-951-4 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
Reviews / Votes
'This volume is a huge contribution to the important debate on mission-oriented Science Technology and Innovation policies. While a lot of ink has been shed in support of mission-oriented policies to address societal challenges, there is really very little guidance on implementation. Until now. This volume is a must-read for both experts and students of science, technology and innovation policy.' -- Nicholas Vonortas, The George Washington University, Washington DC, USA 'There is no shortage of books on science, technology, and innovation (STI) policy, but there is a conspicuous void of exceptional scholarship on this topic. This book is an assemblage of eminent researchers who have ably shared their insights on the transformative nature of STI policy. A must-read for all who seek a well-grounded perspective.' -- Albert N. Link, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USAMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cheltenham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 169 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-80392-951-4 (9781803929514)
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Persons
Edited by Jakob Edler, Managing Director, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI, Germany and Professor of Innovation Policy and Strategy, University of Manchester, UK, Mireille Matt, Senior Research Scientist, French National Institute for Research on Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE), France, Wolfgang Polt, Formerly Director of POLICIES, Joanneum Research, Austria and Matthias Weber, Head, Center for Innovation Systems and Policy, AIT (Austrian Institute of Technology), Austria and Professor of Innovation Policy, Universite Gustave Eiffel, France
Content
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 Buehrer 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 Wanzenboeck 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 Wanzenboeck, Lea Fuenfschilling 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 Renee van Dis
17 The governance of transformative mission-oriented STI policies 368
Jakob Edler and Matthias Weber
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 Buehrer 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 Wanzenboeck 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 Wanzenboeck, Lea Fuenfschilling 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 Renee van Dis
17 The governance of transformative mission-oriented STI policies 368
Jakob Edler and Matthias Weber