Responsible mission governance: An integrative framework and research agenda

Wiarda, M.J.; Janssen, Matthijs J.; Coenen, Tom B.J.; Doorn, N.

doi:10.1016/j.eist.2024.100820

Responsible mission governance

Title

Responsible mission governance: An integrative framework and research agenda

Author

Wiarda, M.J. (TU Delft Values Technology and Innovation)
Janssen, Matthijs J. (Universiteit Utrecht)
Coenen, Tom B.J. (University of Twente)
Doorn, N. (TU Delft Values Technology and Innovation)

Department

Values Technology and Innovation

Date

2024

Abstract

Governance lies at the heart of instigating, steering, and creating the conditions for mission-oriented transitions that potentially help resolve some of our grand societal challenges. In doing so, policymakers will need to navigate both epistemic and normative considerations to develop, implement, and evaluate missions responsibly. A number of scholars have therefore expressed the need for a better conceptualization of responsible mission governance as a procedural approach, particularly with the aim of coping with the complexity, uncertainty, and contestation that render these wicked problems intractable. In this paper we develop an integrative framework for responsible mission governance by taking wickedness dimensions as our entry point. Accordingly, we argue that responsible mission governance should integrate various complementary governance responsibilities (e.g., reflexivity) and modes (e.g., reflexive governance) that potentially improve the effectiveness and desirability of missions.

Subject

Innovation policy
Mission
Responsible innovation
Societal challenge
Transformation
Transition

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2024.100820

ISSN

2210-4224

Source

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 50

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