Towards a Framework for Assessing the Impact of Technology Assessment

Hennen, Leonhard; Bellucci, Sergio; Berloznik, Robby; Cope, David; Cruz‐Castro, Laura; Karapiperis, Theodoros; Ladikas, Miltos; Klüver, Lars; Sanz-Menéndez,; Staman, Jan; Stephan, Susanne; Szapiro, Tomasz

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“…Representative democracy has, however, to ensure that the influence of civil society Innovation Á The European Journal of Social Science Research 155 actors does not undermine the rights of those who are not able to voice their concerns or gain the same influence as those who are able to assert their interests themselves. Hennen et al (2004) offer an interesting typology of impact that can serve as a basis for understanding the contents the social sciences and humanities have to offer. The core of this typology is a distinction between three dimensions of impact:…”

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What future for the European social sciences and humanities?1

Pohoryles

Schadauer

2009

Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research

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Pohoryles

Schadauer

2009

Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research

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“…The main challenge for any such comparative study would be in evaluating how effective the different science advice models are at actually supporting and influencing legislative functions (Hennen, 2000;Bütschi et al, 2004;Cruz-Castro and SanzMenédez, 2004;Hennen et al, 2004;Hennen, 2012). As discussed in the section "Case study of three European science advisory units", conceptions of who to influence and how to deliver that influence vary between the three units we examined, adding to the complexity of evaluating and comparing the effectiveness of different units.…”

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Legislative science advice in Europe: the case for international comparative research

Kenny

Washbourne²,

Tyler

et al. 2017

Palgrave Commun

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This article provides an introduction to science advisory structures in elected legislatures; an arena of public decision-making which, although critical to the healthy functioning of democratic societies, has been largely neglected in recent discussions of science advice. The article begins by contrasting the functions and operating environments of legislatures with those of executive branches of governments, examining how these differences shape the requirements of their respective science advisory structures. A study of three national legislative science advice units within Europe is then presented, revealing a range of advisory structures and practices. These variations in approach suggest different underpinning conceptions about both why science advice is being provided, and how science advice can most effectively influence a legislature's activities. Given these differences, and our currently limited comparative understanding of the influence of scientific knowledge across different spheres of public decision-making, we argue that more attention needs to be focused on the difficult challenge of mapping and understanding legislative science advisory structures via a comparative international study. We close by arguing that an international comparative exercise of this type could significantly improve our understanding of the different influences science advisory practices and structures can have on the function of our democratic societies' deliberative bodies. This article is published as part of a collection on scientific advice to governments.

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“…See Biegelbauer et al (2010) for an overview). These projects have addressed the impacts of PTA in different ways, but by and large lament that our knowledge of the impacts of such policy tools is unsatisfactory (Hennen et al, 2004). The TAMI project suggested a taxonomy of different kinds of impacts (Hennen et al, 2004: 57), but concluded that it is extremely complicated to define and measure impacts in a systematic and reliable manner.…”

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“…Such outcomes are usually quite tangible. Less tangible are the questions about whether and in what circumstances such outcomes make a difference beyond the procedures themselves: that is, produce an impact (Hennen et al, 2004;Biegelbauer et al, 2010).…”

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“…4 Empirically, direct effects can be observed when PTA results are referred to in policy-making arenas, if recommendations are implemented or if particular problem framings migrate into policy discourse. As PTA practitioners readily admit, clear, direct impacts are difficult to achieve, and often depend on a host of factors well beyond the control of the organisers (Hennen et al, 2004). Nonetheless, impacts on policy-making remain the (democratic) standard from which many PTA studies seek to derive their legitimacy.…”

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Assessing the impacts of citizen participation in science governance: exploring new roads in comparative analysis

Hansen

Allansdottir

2011

Sci. and Pub. Pol.

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In this paper we explore new avenues of analysis on the thorny issue of the impact of participatory technology assessment (PTA). We apply qualitative comparative analysis to data abstracted from a series of detailed country case studies of policy-making on xenotransplantation to explore which factors are decisive for policy outcomes. Contrary to our expectations that PTAs would contribute to restrictive policy outcomes, we find that this is not the case and that a combination of politicisation and public vigilance is pivotal to explaining policy outcomes. Further, our analysis was symmetrical in attempting to account for both permissive and restrictive policies. We conclude that the paper makes both a substantial and a methodological contribution to the literature on public participation in technology assessment and policy-making.

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Towards a Framework for Assessing the Impact of Technology Assessment

Cited by 18 publications

References 8 publications

What future for the European social sciences and humanities?1

What future for the European social sciences and humanities?1

Legislative science advice in Europe: the case for international comparative research

Assessing the impacts of citizen participation in science governance: exploring new roads in comparative analysis

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