Ideas behind transformative innovation policy: Economists confronting missions and sustainability transition in Finland

IF 5.7 2区经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI:10.1016/j.eist.2024.100927

Jussi Ahokas , Paavo Järvensivu , Tero Toivanen

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Abstract

The ideas that experts share and draw on shape policies across various spatial and temporal contexts. In this study, we use document analysis and expert interviews to examine the views and beliefs of one important group of experts, economists, on mission-oriented innovation policy and sustainability transition in Finland. As a result, we outline the epistemic landscape that for its part conditions the progress of transformative innovation policy in Finland. While sustainability scholars have been intrigued by the promises of mission-oriented thinking, our findings suggest that they should acknowledge the epistemic limits of communities of economists regarding missions and transformative innovation policy as political vehicles to advance sustainability transition.

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转型创新政策背后的理念：经济学家面对芬兰的任务和可持续性转型

专家们所分享和借鉴的观点决定着不同时空背景下的政策。在本研究中，我们利用文献分析和专家访谈，考察了一个重要的专家群体--经济学家--对芬兰以使命为导向的创新政策和可持续性转型的看法和信念。由此，我们勾勒出了芬兰转型创新政策进展的认识景观。虽然可持续发展学者对使命导向型思维的前景充满信心，但我们的研究结果表明，他们应该承认经济学家群体在使命和转型创新政策方面的认识论局限性，将其作为推动可持续发展转型的政治工具。

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Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions Energy-Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

CiteScore

13.60

自引率

19.40%

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审稿时长

56 days

期刊介绍： Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions serves as a platform for reporting studies on innovations and socio-economic transitions aimed at fostering an environmentally sustainable economy, thereby addressing structural resource scarcity and environmental challenges, particularly those associated with fossil energy use and climate change. The journal focuses on various forms of innovation, including technological, organizational, economic, institutional, and political, as well as economy-wide and sectoral changes in areas such as energy, transport, agriculture, and water management. It endeavors to tackle complex questions concerning social, economic, behavioral-psychological, and political barriers and opportunities, along with their intricate interactions. With a multidisciplinary approach and methodological openness, the journal welcomes contributions from a wide array of disciplines within the social, environmental, and innovation sciences.