Shaping socio-technical innovation through policy: Essay commissioned by the Department of Knowledge, Innovation and Strategy of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment

The Knowledge, Innovation and Strategy department of the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment has commissioned the Rathenau Instituut to draft a memorandum in order to be able to develop the theme of “policy in times of singularity” in the new Strategic Knowledge and Innovation Agenda. The essay creates a framework for the demand for knowledge that innovative trends and developments might provoke when it comes to policymaking. The focus is on determining the extent to which innovation does or does not present a challenge to policy and the type of response required