Science and Public Policy

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Volume 52, issue 1, 2025

Science diplomacy in the European and Latin American and Caribbean research infrastructure collaboration pp. 1-15

Maria Lima-Toivanen, Minna Kulju, Giovanna Sanchez Nieminen, Jorge Tiago Martins and André Moraes Dos Santos

The development of attitudes toward science and technology: a longitudinal analysis of Generation X pp. 16-31

Jon D Miller, Belén Laspra, Carmelo Polino, Glenn Branch, Mark S Ackerman and Robert T Pennock

Deciphering the accelerated expansion of China’s NEV sector post-2020: a cross-system analysis using multi-level perspective pp. 32-49

Cheng-Ting Tsou and Dong-Hyu Kim

Impacts of policy-driven public procurement: a methodological review pp. 50-64

Oishee Kundu, Elvira Uyarra, Raquel Ortega-Argiles, Mayra M Tirado, Tasos Kitsos and Pei-Yu Yuan

The diffusion of industrial robots in Europe: regional or country effect? pp. 65-80

Massimiliano Nuccio, Marco Guerzoni, Riccardo Cappelli and Aldo Geuna

What is ‘high-risk research’? Comparing the social sciences and humanities and the natural sciences pp. 81-91

Julian Hamann and Daniel Stein

The plurality and contexts of research quality notions pp. 92-111

Liv Langfeldt and Kody James Steffy

Women are awarded more team than solo grants and lead more gender-balanced teams than men pp. 112-127

Isabelle Kingsley, Eve Slavich, Lisa Harvey-Smith, Emma L Johnston and Lisa A Williams

Mission cocreation or domination? Explorative and exploitative forces in shaping the Dutch circular agriculture mission pp. 128-145

Laurens Klerkx, Stephanie Begemann and Matthijs Janssen

Academia–industry collaboration, intellectual property rights enforcement, and scientific performance: evidence from Chinese Academy of Sciences pp. 146-158

Xinyue Du and Feng Feng

The politics of missions: a gloomy perspective pp. 159-163

Francesco Molica

Volume 51, issue 6, 2024

Evaluation of public perceptions on nanotechnology regulation in Costa Rica pp. 1015-1027

José Vega-Baudrit, Melissa Camacho, Andrea Araya and Hannia León

Risk-sensitive innovation: leveraging interactions between technologies to navigate technology risks pp. 1028-1041

Jonas B Sandbrink, Hamish Hobbs, Jacob L Swett, Allan Dafoe and Anders Sandberg

The impact of winning funding on researcher productivity, results from a randomized trial pp. 1042-1050

Adrian Barnett, Tony Blakely, Mengyao Liu, Luke Garland and Philip Clarke

Regulatory agencies as innovation enablers: a conceptualization pp. 1051-1061

Jaime Bonnin Roca

Morality policy at the frontier of science: legislators’ views on germline engineering pp. 1062-1074

David R Johnson and Timothy L O’Brien

Diversity and directionality: friends or foes in sustainability transitions? pp. 1075-1092

Brit M Bulah, Barbara van Mierlo, Koen Beumer, Alwin L Gerritsen, Simona O Negro, Marko P Hekkert and Laurens Klerkx

Being internationally mobile while keeping domestic social capital: how postdocs from China manage precarity pp. 1093-1103

Liping Li and Wenqin Shen

Mapping science in artificial intelligence policy development: formulation, trends, and influences pp. 1104-1116

Bernardo Cabral and Sergio Salles-Filho

Whose knowledge counts? Power dynamics in the co-production of knowledge and innovation in agri-food systems pp. 1117-1132

Evelien Cronin, Thomas Block, Sylvie Fosselle and Elke Rogge

Is science skepticism really about science? pp. 1133-1142

Simon Fuglsang and Lucilla Losi

Donor country official development assistance in health R&D: domestic economic burden vs. medical disseminative capacity pp. 1143-1155

Christopher Williams

The translation of transformative policy ambitions in funding research for climate change pp. 1156-1168

Magdalena Wicher

Heterogeneous influences of specialization and diversification on regional R&D performance: a China, Europe, and US comparison pp. 1169-1184

Zhuoying You and Peter Teirlinck

Techno-nationalism to collaborative technology sovereignty pp. 1185-1190

Jeong-Dong Lee, Hanbin Kim, Saerom Si and Saangkeub Lee

Innovation policy responses to address vulnerabilities of national innovation systems: long-lasting impacts of COVID-19 pp. 1191-1194

Sira Maliphol, Anwar Aridi, Jeong-Dong Lee and Thomas Woodson

Operation warp speed: Harbinger of American industrial innovation policies pp. 1195-1211

William B Bonvillian

SME digital transformation and the COVID-19 pandemic: a case study of a hard-hit metropolitan area pp. 1212-1226

Adelheid Holl and Ruth Rama

Policy responses to the rise of global OTT platforms in Korea pp. 1227-1240

Min Sung Kim and Seongcheol Kim

Firms’ digitalization during the COVID-19 pandemic: a tale of two stories pp. 1241-1256

Edgar Avalos, Xavier Cirera, Marcio Cruz, Leonardo Iacovone, Denis Medvedev, Gaurav Nayyar and Santiago Reyes Ortega

Exploring the interplay between social distancing, innovation adoption, and privacy concerns amid the COVID-19 crisis pp. 1257-1266

Keungoui Kim, Sira Maliphol, Dongnyok Shim and Changjun Lee

Volume 51, issue 5, 2024

China’s distinctive civil–military integration policy and firm innovation pp. 761-779

Shuai Wang, Mengyue Xia, Xing Shi, Bojun Hou and Shu Lu

Field science and scientific collaboration in the Svalbard Archipelago: beyond science diplomacy pp. 780-794

Mayline Strouk and Marion Maisonobe

Inclusion as a science, technology, and innovation policy objective in high-income countries: the decoupling dilemma pp. 795-807

Helka Kalliomäki, Johanna Kalliokoski, Thomas Woodson, Leena Kunttu and Jari Kuusisto

The role of thematic specialization in international scientific collaboration: the case of Chagas research pp. 808-822

Emanuel López and Valeria Arza

Industrial policy initiatives in manufacturing: Examining cross-country interventions through an evolutionary typology of technology systems pp. 823-835

Tausif Bordoloi, Philip Shapira and Paul Mativenga

Institutional conditions for governments working on sustainability transitions pp. 836-849

Rik B Braams, Joeri H Wesseling, Albert J Meijer and Marko P Hekkert

Institutional implications for science and industrial capacity: policy lessons from the UK’s pandemic response pp. 850-860

Andrew Watkins, Smita Srinivas and David Wield

Returnees and innovation: evidence from Chinese publicly listed firms pp. 861-878

Yibo Qiao, Andrea Ascani, Stefano Breschi and Andrea Morrison

Nanotechnology and knowledge relatedness: how to identify optimal regional partners in EU innovation networks? pp. 879-894

Giuseppe Calignano, Junmin Lee and Dieter F Kogler

Representing science: diversity on the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology pp. 895-909

Kenneth M Evans and Kirstin R.W Matthews

Funder strategies for promoting research addressing societal challenges: thematic, impact, and collaboration targeting pp. 910-922

Maria Theresa Norn, Kaare Aagaard, Josefine Bjørnholm and Andreas Kjær Stage

When do trademarks improve the measurement of innovation? An analysis of innovations from Dutch SMEs pp. 923-938

Pablo Morales, Meindert Flikkema, Carolina Castaldi and Ard-Pieter de Man

Science and the nation-state: What China’s experience reveals about the role of policy in science pp. 939-950

Caroline S Wagner

Digitalization, AI, and robotics for good care and work? German policy imaginaries of healthcare technologies pp. 951-962

Svenja Breuer and Ruth Müller

Effectiveness of targeted public university funding on universities’ start-up support: evidence from ‘EXIST—Potentials’ pp. 963-977

Christoph E Mueller and Iris Eckardt

The limits of co-production: linking regulatory capacity to co-production of authoritative knowledge for environmental policy pp. 978-991

Daniel Large

Industrial policy and strategy: a contextual perspective and descriptive typology pp. 992-995

Thomas A Hemphill

Perspectives on U.S. University research reactor policy pp. 996-998

Sara Nienow, Amanda C Walsh and Jonathan Merker

US AI data centers and deployment challenges for small modular reactors: proposed regulatory policy recommendations pp. 999-1003

Thomas A Hemphill

Societal guardrails for AI? Perspectives on what we know about public opinion on artificial intelligence pp. 1004-1013

Dayeon Eom, Todd Newman, Dominique Brossard and Dietram A Scheufele

Volume 51, issue 4, 2024

Do scientific research funds support emerging topic research in Chinese humanities and social sciences? pp. 563-579

Jianqin Xiang

Effectively financing private sector innovation? Toward a conceptual policy framework pp. 580-592

Alix Jansen and Dan Breznitz

How a timely policy contributes to technological capability building: insights from Iran’s biopharmaceutical sector pp. 593-608

Amir Ghorbani, Kiarash Fartash and Abolfazl Bagheri

“It is controlling, but you don’t really care.” Researchers’ perceptions of legitimation of research policy pp. 609-617

Vanja Carlsson and Evelina Johansson Wilén

Researchers engaging with society: who does what? pp. 618-642

Siri Brorstad Borlaug, Maria Karaulova, Silje Marie Svartefoss, Gunnar Sivertsen, Ingeborg Meijer, Thed van Leeuwen and Laurens K Hessels

Steering at a distance: research centre funding schemes as instruments for university change pp. 643-653

Manuel Pereira-Puga and Luis Sanz-Menéndez

Designing an instrument for scaling public sector innovations pp. 654-668

Mirte A R van Hout, Rik B Braams, Paul Meijer and Albert J

Stability versus flexibility in projectified science–policy context: what is the role of science advisors? pp. 669-679

Peeter Vihma

Governing with public engagement: an anticipatory approach to human genome editing pp. 680-691

Dorit Barlevy, Eric Juengst, Jeffrey Kahn, Jonathan Moreno, Lauren Lambert, Alta Charo, Hervé Chneiweiss, Mahmud Farooque, David H Guston, Insoo Hyun, Paul S Knoepfler, Cynthia Selin, Rebecca Wilbanks, Manar Zaghlula and Christopher Thomas

Networked nexus of science diplomacy and domestic funding agency coordination: a case study of IntSam pp. 692-706

Hans Lundin, Anders Broström and Lars Geschwind

A typology of urban knowledge sharing: from a systematic literature review to an integrated model pp. 707-720

Jet Bakker, Peter Scholten, Jan Fransen and Ellen Minkman

Who engages whom?—Deficit communication in participatory science governance as democratic deficit pp. 721-733

Paulo Maia Loureiro and Hugo Horta

Universities in less developed regions: analyzing their local research impact pp. 734-747

Michalis E Papazoglou, Theodoros Daglis, Anastasia Constantelou, Dimosthenis Drivaliaris and Evangelos E Vassiliou

Key technology and development of industry–academia collaboration patents derived from the government subsidy program pp. 748-759

Shu-Hao Chang

Volume 51, issue 3, 2024

Value dissonance in research(er) assessment: individual and perceived institutional priorities in review, promotion, and tenure pp. 337-351

Tony Ross-Hellauer, Thomas Klebel, Petr Knoth and Nancy Pontika

Comparing regulatory options: the role of epistemic policies and pragmatic consequences pp. 352-359

Roberto López-Mas and José Luis Luján

Missions and Cohesion Policy: is there a match? pp. 360-374

Francesco Cappellano, Francesco Molica and Teemu Makkonen

Seeing beyond silos in labour productivity research and policy pp. 375-392

Jen Nelles, Bertha Rohenkohl, Pei-Yu Yuan, Kevin Walsh and Tim Vorley

Boundary work to what end? Analysing the acid mine drainage case in Gauteng, South Africa pp. 393-405

Nikki Funke, Dave Huitema and Arthur Petersen

The spatial mobility network and influencing factors of the higher education population in China pp. 406-420

Wentian Shi, Xueying Mu, Wenlong Yang and Qinchang Gui

The early emergence of ombuds systems in Japanese science universities pp. 421-434

Matthew Brummer and Sam Bamkin

University–industry linkages in China from the agency perspective of university engagement: a systematic literature review pp. 435-449

Yang Liu, Wenying Fu and Daniel Schiller

Transfer of university patents and its impact on follow-on invention pp. 450-462

Seokbeom Kwon

Navigating the multiple views of value in assessing public procurement pp. 463-476

Maria Merisalo, Kirsi Hyytinen, Juha Oksanen, Matti Pihlajamaa and Elvira Uyarra

Can open peer review improve uptake of preprints into policies? Evidence from a causal inference pp. 477-490

Chuer Xu and Qianjin Zong

Closing the loop without reinventing the wheel: public procurement for innovation promoting a circular economy pp. 491-508

Stephanie Francis Grimbert and Jon Mikel Zabala-Iturriagagoitia

Enhancing international collaboration in science, technology, and innovation to achieve sustainable development goals pp. 509-525

Iciar Dominguez Lacasa and Manuel Molina Vogelsang

Citizen attitudes toward science and technology, 1957–2020: measurement, stability, and the Trump challenge pp. 526-542

Jon D Miller, Belén Laspra, Carmelo Polino, Glenn Branch, Mark S Ackerman and Robert T Pennock

Peer-review procedures as practice, decision, and governance—the road to theories of peer review pp. 543-552

Martin Reinhart and Cornelia Schendzielorz

Taking pluralism seriously: a new perspective on evidence-based policy pp. 553-556

Karim Bschir and Simon Lohse

Perspectives on advancing innovation and human flourishing through a network of AI institutes pp. 557-562

Christos A Makridis, Andrew A Borkowski and Gil Alterovitz

Volume 51, issue 2, 2024

Gerontocracy, labor market bottlenecks, and generational crises in modern science pp. 179-191

Kyle Siler

Legal–institutional design and dynamic capabilities for mission-oriented innovation agencies: a new framework pp. 192-206

Eduardo Spanó, Rafael Monnerat, Carlos Américo Pacheco and Maria Beatriz Machado Bonacelli

From responsibility to risk: ethics in the Bermuda Triangle of EU research and innovation policy pp. 207-217

Blagovesta I Nikolova

Multilevel innovation policy mix: impact of regional, national, and European R&D grants pp. 218-235

Enrique Acebo and José-Ángel Miguel-Dávila

Public perception of scientific advisory bodies: the case of France’s Covid-19 Scientific Council pp. 236-246

Émilien Schultz, Jeremy K Ward and Laëtitia Atlani-Duault

Bridging conflicting frames in policies for digital transformation pp. 236-246

Nunzia Coco, Cinzia Colapinto and Vladi Finotto

Gender bias in team formation: the case of the European Science Foundation’s grants pp. 247-260

Michele Pezzoni and Fabiana Visentin

Certifying complexity? The case of a European gender equality certification scheme for research-performing organizations pp. 261-273

Marina Cacace, Francesca Pugliese, Charikleia Tzanakou, Jörg Müller, Alain Denis and Maria Sangiuliano

Biometrics, presents, futures: the imaginative politics of science–society orderings pp. 274-284

Christopher Lawless

The precarity paradox: the precarity-driven inefficiencies of research at a public university pp. 297-308

António Ferreira and João Quesado Delgado

Drivers of eco-innovation: the role of appropriability strategies and complementary assets pp. 309-323

Guillermo Orjuela-Ramirez, Julio Cesar Zuluaga-Jimenez and David Urbano

From experimentation to structural change: fostering institutional entrepreneurship for public engagement in research and innovation pp. 324-336

Joshua B Cohen, Anne M C Loeber, Ilse Marschalek, Michael J Bernstein, Vincent Blok, Raúl Tabarés, Robert Gianni and Erich Griessler

Volume 51, issue 1, 2024

Universities of applied sciences’ EU research project participation through the lens of differentiation pp. 1-14

Marco Cavallaro

Making space for CRISPR: scientists’ translation work to make gene editing a legitimate technology pp. 15-27

Marit Svingen and Lisbeth Jahren

Distrust in grant peer review—reasons and remedies pp. 28-41

Liv Langfeldt, Ingvild Reymert and Silje Marie Svartefoss

A four-asset technology-based growth policy pp. 42-54

Gregory Tassey

Listing quality: Chinese journal lists in incoherent valuation regimes pp. 55-66

Jing Wang, Willem Halffman and Serge P J M Horbach

Navigating missions: experiences from a long-term R&I programme to transform the building sector in Austria pp. 67-79

Harald Rohracher and Michael Ornetzeder

Social innovation, transformation, and public policy: towards a conceptualization and critical appraisal pp. 80-88

Jakob Edler, Katrin Ostertag and Johanna Schuler

Understanding career transitions of applied researchers to universities: evidence from Germany pp. 89-107

Cecilia Garcia Chavez, David Howoldt, Patrick Hoyer, Maria Karaulova, Henning Kroll and Torben Schubert

What makes an entrepreneurial university? Institutional moderators of ecosystem impacts in a developing country pp. 108-126

Paola Rücker Schaeffer, Bruno Brandão Fischer, Sérgio Queiroz and Gustavo Hermínio Salati Marcondes de Moraes

Moving to Smart Specialization for sustainability: the implications on the design of monitoring indicators pp. 127-143

Ghinwa Moujaes

Bringing technology to market: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute SBIR Phase IIB projects pp. 144-148

Sara Nienow, Olena Leonchuk, Alan C O’Connor and Albert Link

The micro-dynamics of scientific choice: research project motivations among public affairs academics pp. 149-161

John P Nelson

Evolution of the STIP literature: discovering the growing role of innovation governance concepts pp. 162-177

Sepehr Ghazinoory, Alireza Ranjbar and Tahereh Sonia Saheb