The use of indicators and evidence in governance and policy development of science, technology and innovation

• Author(s): Laranja, Manuel ; Boavida, Nuno
• Date: 2012
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/8159
• Origin: Repositório Institucional da UNL
• Subject(s): Indicators; Evidence based policy; Innovation policy
• Document Type: Conference object
• Language: English
• Contributor(s): RUN

Description

This paper was first presented at the 2012 – EU SPRI Conference “Towards Transformative Governance? - Responses to mission-oriented innovation policy paradigms”, Fraunhofer ISI, June 2012, Karlsruhe

In this paper we reflect upon how policy-makers look for, interpret and use evidence for reflection and policy development. We propose an exploratory framework that sets out two of the elements necessary to a conceptualization of what may explain the way in which evidence and indicators are used in STI policy development: the type of evaluative approach and the styles of governance.