Utilization of social science knowledge in science policy

Systems of Innovation, Triple Helix and Vinnova

Bibliographic Data

ID3080313
AuthorsMerle Jacob (0000-0002-5488-9680, Research Policy Institute, University of Lund,, corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume45
Issue3
Pages431-462
Publication date2006-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Science Information (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0539-0184 • E-ISSN: 1461-7412
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0539018406066535
OpenAlexW2149331519
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited55

The objective of this article is to analyse the utilization of two academic narratives about innovation policy in policy discourse by examining the policy statements issued by one Swedish agency that was specifically set up to promote innovation policy, the Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems, VINNOVA. The main findings of this analysis show that the deployment of the examined academic narratives in policy discourse is not accidental nor is it only limited to a role of legitimating policy decisions. The article shows that although the linear model of knowledge transfer has long been discredited, the notion of knowledge utilization is still useful to policy analysis and may be successfully deployed to understand what lies behind the assertions of mutual interplay between science and policy that characterize contemporary attempts to depict this relation

Epistemology · Narrative · Policy analysis · Political science · Public relations · Science policy · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of scientific knowledge · Structure and agency · Structuring · Computer Science · Innovation, Technology, and Society · Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration · Law · Public Administration · University-Industry-Government Innovation Models

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