Abstract
What is the role and importance of science policy for a transformation toward a more sustainable society? In what ways can science policy influence science and innovation systems? More specifically, how can science policy create the institutional conditions needed for developing a sustainability science? Where do we see the strongest impetus for a reorientation of science policy toward sustainable development? These are the guiding questions of the following chapter, which provides an insight into science policy – a policy field that is quite often underestimated yet decisive for sustainable development.
Drivers and incentives for a stronger society orientation in the science system are delineated for the case of the German science system, which serves as an example for many other European science systems.
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Schneidewind, U., Singer-Brodowksi, M., Augenstein, K. (2016). Sustainability and Science Policy. In: Heinrichs, H., Martens, P., Michelsen, G., Wiek, A. (eds) Sustainability Science. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7242-6_13
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