Socio-technical futures and the governance of innovation processes—An introduction to the special issue

•Editorial Introduction to special issue on Socio-technical futures and the governance of innovation processes.•Twelve contributions draw on several lines of research mobilizing concepts developed in science and technology studies.•Examines how socio-technical futures are constituted, change and unf...

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Published in:Futures : the journal of policy, planning and futures studies Vol. 109; pp. 101 - 107
Main Authors: Konrad, Kornelia, Böhle, Knud
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2019
Elsevier Science Ltd
Subjects:
Anticipatory practices
Governance
Governance of innovation
Innovations
Microprocessors
Policy
Science and technology
Socio-technical imaginaries
Sociology
Sociology of expectations
Technological change
Technology assessment
Policy
Anticipatory practices
Socio-technical imaginaries
Governance of innovation
Technology assessment
Sociology of expectations
ISSN:0016-3287, 1873-6378
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Summary:•Editorial Introduction to special issue on Socio-technical futures and the governance of innovation processes.•Twelve contributions draw on several lines of research mobilizing concepts developed in science and technology studies.•Examines how socio-technical futures are constituted, change and unfold over time•Shows how different socio-technical futures shape the governance of innovations and the actual technologies and systems.•Examines how forms of deliberative and reflective future-making can be integrated into policy and innovation processes. This special issue analyses and reflects on socio-technical futures as core elements in innovation processes and their governance. The special issue assembles twelve contributions that draw on several lines of research mobilizing concepts developed in science and technology studies, such as socio-technical imaginaries and the sociology of expectations, and technology assessment. The papers examine how socio-technical futures are constituted, change and unfold over time, shaped by different practices and in different contexts. Furthermore, they study how different socio-technical futures circulate amongst policy actors and others involved in the governance of innovations, how they shape the governance of innovations and the actual technologies and systems, and how forms of deliberative and reflective future-making can be integrated into policy and innovation processes.
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ISSN:0016-3287
1873-6378
DOI:10.1016/j.futures.2019.03.003