Miedzinski, M;
McDowall, W;
Fahnestock, J;
Rataj, O;
Papachristos, G;
(2022)
Paving the pathways towards sustainable future? A critical review of STI policy roadmaps as policy instruments enabling sustainability transitions.
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Futures.
(pp. p. 103015).
Elsevier BV: Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Abstract
Roadmaps and roadmapping techniques receive increasing attention in the Science, Technology and Innovation policy community, notably for the development of strategies and policies to address societal challenges and ambitious goals such as the SDGs. STI policy roadmaps are used to evoke future visions, align actor expectations and formulate, document, plan and implement public policies for long-term, ambitious sustainability goals. As a sophisticated strategic planning process, roadmapping seems appropriate for policy support aiming to foster sustainability transitions. Nevertheless, there is little research on the role and limitations of roadmaps as a policy instrument to support innovation for sustainability transitions. This paper critically assesses selected national and international policy and sectoral roadmaps that focus on technology areas and societal challenges relevant to sustainability and energy transitions. The assessment of the objectives, design features and embeddedness of roadmaps in policy processes shows that current policy roadmaps have several shortfalls. The paper outlines knowledge gaps and research priorities to understand how such limitations might be overcome and draws tentative lessons for future applications of roadmaps as policy instruments for sustainability transitions.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
|---|---|
| Title: | Paving the pathways towards sustainable future? A critical review of STI policy roadmaps as policy instruments enabling sustainability transitions |
| Event: | 9th International Sustainability Transitions Conference (IST 2018) |
| Location: | Manchester |
| Dates: | 11 Jun 2018 - 14 Jun 2018 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.futures.2022.103015 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2022.103015 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Roadmapping; Policy roadmaps; science, technology and innovation policy; policy instruments; strategic planning; transition pathways; SDGs |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10153852 |
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