Project

The project encompasses several closely interlinked research steps. On the one hand, the different project parts provide science-based support for the implementation and further development of the German Federal Government's High-Tech Strategy 2025. In addition, the project develops an impact measurement concept for mission-oriented approaches in research and innovation policy and related policy fields:

Science-based process support

• Scientific monitoring of the High-Tech Strategy 2025 in involved ministries and workshops to support the implementation of the mission
• Conceptualizing an intervention logic for individual missions
• Exchanging with international partners on "good practices" (including UK, NL, SWE, OECD)

Impact measurement for mission-oriented policy

• Innovative mission typology
• Systematization of mission-specific challenges
• Sequential Status Quo Analyses
• Comprehensive impact model for mission-oriented policy approaches

The close interlocking of these two dimensions allows supporting the current implementation of the missions as well as creating the basis for the future assessment of the impacts of the High-Tech Strategy 2025. Furthermore, the project results allow generalizable conclusions for the future impact measurement and implementation of complex policies, which supports the approach of the High-Tech Strategy 2025 as a learning strategy.

• Wittmann, F.; Lindner, R.; Hufnagl, M.; Roth, F. (2022): Mission-Oriented Innovation Policy For Transformative Change - A toolbox for implementation and impact assessment. Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI.
• Roth, F.; Wittmann, F.; Hufnagl, M.; Lindner, R. (2022): Putting Mission-Oriented Innovation Policies to Work: A case study of the German High-Tech Strategy 2025 (Fraunhofer ISI Discussion Papers Innovation Systems and Policy Analysis Nr. 75). Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI.
• Wittmann, F.; Roth, F.; Hufnagl, M.; Lindner, R.; Yorulmaz, M. (2022): Towards a framework for impact assessment for mission-oriented innovation policies. A formative toolbox approach. In fteval Journal for Research and Technology Policy Evaluation, 53, 31-42.
• Wittmann, F.; Hufnagl, M.; Roth, F.; Lindner, R.; Kroll, H. (2021): Ein Rahmen für die formative Evaluation und Wirkungsmessung von missionsorientierten Innovationspolitiken. Abschlussbericht der wissenschaftlichen Begleitforschung zur deutschen Hightech-Strategie – Band 2. Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI.
• Wittmann, F.; Hufnagl, M.; Roth, F.; Lindner, R.; Kroll, H. (2021): A Framework for Formative Evaluation and Impact Assessment of Mission-oriented Innovation Policies. Final report of the Scientific Support Action to the German High-Tech Strategy 2025 – volume 2. Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI.
• Roth, F.; Lindner, R.; Hufnagl, M.; Wittmann, F.; Yorulmaz, M. (2021): Lehren für künftige missionsorientierte Innovationspolitiken. Abschlussbericht der wissenschaftlichen Begleitforschung zur deutschen Hightech-Strategie - Band 1. Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI.
• Roth, F.; Lindner, R.; Hufnagl, M.; Wittmann, F.; Yorulmaz, M. (2021): Lessons for Future Mission-oriented Innovation Policies. Final report of the Scientific Support Action to the German High-Tech Strategy 2025 - volume 1. Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI.
• Wittmann, F.; Roth, F.;  Hufnagl, M.; Yorulmaz, M.; Lindner, R. with contributions by Bratan, T.; Arens, M.; Rohde, C.; Ostertag, K.; Pfaff, M.; Stahlecker, T.; Zenker, A. (2021): Second Mission Analysis Report of the Scientific Support Action to the German Hightech Strategy 2025. Zooming in: Translating missions into policy instruments. Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI.
  
• Wittmann, Florian; Yorulmaz, Merve; Hufnagl, Miriam (2021): Impact Assessment of Mission-Oriented Policies. Challenges and overview of selected existing approaches. Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI.
• Wittmann, F.; Hufnagl, M.; Roth, F.; Yorulmaz, M.; Lindner, R. (2021): From mission definition to implementation: Conceptualizing mission-oriented policies as a multi-stage translation process (= Fraunhofer ISI Discussion Papers Innovation Systems and Policy Analysis Nr. 71). Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI.
• Wittmann, Florian; Hufnagl, Miriam; Lindner, Ralf; Roth, Florian; Edler, Jakob (2021): Governing varieties of mission-oriented innovation policies: A new typology, Science and Public Policy, 2021, 00, 1-12.
• Wittmann, F.; Roth, F.; Hufnagl, M. unter Mitarbeit von Lindner, R.; Yorulmaz, M.; Bratan, T.; Arens, M.; Rohde, C.; Ostertag, K.; Pfaff, M.; Stahlecker, T.; Zenker, A.; Steinebrunner, D. (2020): First Mission Analysis Report of the Scientific Support Action to the German Hightech Strategy 2025 - Setting the stage: Positioning the missions in the socio-technical system. Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI.
• Wittmann, F.; Hufnagl, M.; Lindner, R.; Roth, F.; Edler, J. (2020): Developing a Typology for Mission-Oriented Innovation Policies (Fraunhofer ISI Discussion Papers Innovation Systems and Policy Analysis No. 64). Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI.

Academic Conferences:

• European Forum for Studies of Policies for Research and Innovation (Eu-SPRI Forum) 2021: Paper in track "Transformative Mission-oriented STI policy: From mission definition to implementation: Conceptualizing mission-oriented policies as a multi-stage translation process", online 9.6.2021.
  
• IST 2020:
  • Organisation of a dialogue session in track "Methodologies: Crafting impact assessments of transformative governance and mission-oriented innovation policies", online 17.8.2020.
    
  • Paper presentation in track "Governance in an Era of Change: Governing varieties of Mission-Oriented Innovation Policies: A new typology", online 20.8.2020.
• "Governing the diversity of Missions-oriented Innovation Policies: A new typology", European Forum for Studies of Policies for Research and Innovation (Eu-SPRI Forum) 2020, online, 5.6.2020.
• "Scientific Support Action for the German Hightech-Strategy 2025", Transformative Innovation Policy Consortium (TIPC) Conference 2019: Towards a Global Research Agenda for Transformative Innovation Policy, Valencia, 4.-5.11.2019.

Practical exchange:

• Workshop on Mission-oriented innovation policy in Japan and Germany: Rationales and experiences, Online workshop, 21st October, 2021 (workshop summary as PDF)
• "From Moonshots to Transformations - A roundtable on the new generation of transformative 'mission-oriented' innovation policies", Transformative Innovation Policy Consortium (TIPC) Open Learning Series, online 14.6. 2021, recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih1uE-oZ4ng
• "Governing mission-oriented innovation policies", workshop organized by Mission-oriented Innovation Policy Observatory (MIPO), Utrecht University and Fraunhofer ISI, Utrecht, 20.2.2020 (workshop summary as PDF)
• "Mission-oriented innovation policies in the UK and Germany: Approaches and Experiences", workshop of BMBF, BEIS and Fraunhofer ISI, Berlin, 29.11.2019 (workshop summary as PDF)

Lindner, R.; Edler, J.; Hufnagl, M.; Kimpeler, S.; Kroll, H.; Roth, F.; Wittmann, F.; Yorulmaz, M. (2021): Missionsorientierte Innovationspolitik. Von der Ambition zur erfolgreichen Umsetzung (Policy Brief 02 / 2021). Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI.

4.2019–12.2021

German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

Hightech Forum: The research project conducted by Fraunhofer ISI in support of the High-Tech Strategy 2025 cooperates continuously with the Hightech-Forum, which supports the governance of the various missions within the High-Tech Strategy 2025 with various event and publication formats.

Participation process for the High-Tech Strategy 2025: The project is closely linked to the Participation process for the High-Tech-Strategy 2025, which is jointly conducted by Zebra Log and Fraunhofer ISI. This process comprises different dialogue processes in selected, differently positioned regions/locations, structurally weak high-tech regions as well as regions in transition.