A 'Policy Support Facility' (PSF) has been set up by the Directorate-General for Research & Innovation (DG RTD) of the European Commission under the European Framework Programme for Research & Innovation 'Horizon 2020', in order to support Member States and associated countries in reforming...

This report is an account of the relationship between the ERA development and German research and innovation policy (R&I policy). The report introduces what ERA is and how the activities and instruments at European level have fundamentally changed and broadened. It provides a discussion of key...

Im Zuge der COVID19-Pandemie ist der Begriff der Resilienz zu einem zunehmend wichtigen Leitbild geworden. Stimmen aus Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft fordern Strategien, um Krisen besser zu überstehen oder sie am besten gar nicht erst entstehen zu lassen.

Introduction -- Understanding paradigm change in science, technology and innovation policy: Between science push and policy pull -- Development of innovation monitoring and innovation indicators in the past 50 years -- Foresight. Fifty years to think your futures -- Evaluating public research...

This paper examines the influence of the institutional setting on knowledge brokering work in legislatures. We argue that legislative brokers face three specific challenges: heightened legitimacy requirements for the brokered knowledge, the need to cater for a wide range of topics and different...