The interaction between research and policy
conceptual approaches
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https://doi.org/10.52712/issn.1850-0013-621Keywords:
STI policies, STI research, knowledge transferAbstract
For several decades the field of social science has indicated that the knowledge generated as a result of the academic research can be a relevant input for the formulation of public policies. However, there is a broad consensus about the weakness of the exchanges between researchers and policy makers. In Argentina, a number of studies in the field of political science technology and innovation (STI) indicate that the transfer of academic knowledge to STI policy is not only rare but also a complex and not that automatic of a process. Under this framework, the objective of this article is the analysis and systematization of theoretical contributions that discuss about the complexity of the interaction between the fields of science and public policy, common issues in such processes as well as the factors that promote the influence of research in the production and design of public policies. As a result, this paper identifies several factors that could improve the understanding of knowledge transfer process.
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