The interrelation between scientific research and public policy in the field of science, technology and innovation. The case of Argentina
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https://doi.org/10.48160/18517072re39.622Keywords:
public policies, science, technology and innovation, knowledge transfer, argentinaAbstract
Within the last decades, the community of researchers devoted to science, technology and innovation (sti) studies in Latin America has contributed to increase our knowledge in a significant way. At the same time, countries in the region have increased their efforts so to design and implement policies to develop and strengthen sti within the region as well as their National Systems of Innovation (nsi). In this paper we study the extent to which the results from academic research have guided and enriched the process of design and implementation of sti policies. In addition, we explore the mechanisms through which this knowledge transfer has taken place. We interviewed experts in sti and key informants who have been involved in the design, implementation or evaluation of a set of sti policies in Argentina. Our results indicate that this type of knowledge transfer takes place through six different channels, each of which operate with varying degrees of success and frequency. However, on the whole, science-policy knowledge transfer is still very limited and tends to concentrate at the stage of policy design.
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