Smart Policies for Societies in Transition: The Innovation Challenge of Inclusion, Resilience and Sustainability

ISBN 10: 1788970802 / ISBN 13: 9781788970808

Published by Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022

About this Item

Seller Inventory # 401194011

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Smart Policies for Societies in Transition: The Innovation Challenge of Inclusion, Resilience and Sustainability
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1788970802
• ISBN 13: 9781788970808
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Edited by Mats Benner, Professor, School of Economics and Management, Lund University, Göran Marklund, Director of Strategic Intelligence, Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems and Sylvia Schwaag Serger, Professor of Research Policy, Department of Economic History, Lund University, Sweden