Strategic intelligence tools for emerging technology governance: A policy primer

Douglas K. R. Robinson and Dexter Doherty

No 2025/22, OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Papers from OECD Publishing

Abstract: Emerging technologies hold great promise for addressing societal challenges, boosting growth, and improving lives. Yet their complexity, rapid evolution, and uncertain impacts pose real challenges for policy. We stand at a crossroads. Without the right governance, these technologies risk harming the environment, public trust, and core values like democracy and equity. Bold, anticipatory governance is essential — embedding values, improving foresight, engaging society, and adapting regulation — to ensure innovation remains safe, inclusive, and beneficial for the future.

Keywords: Anticipatory governance; Emerging technologies; Innovation policy; Responsible innovation; Strategic foresight; Technology assessment; Technology governance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D83 H83 L51 Z18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-07-17
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