Evidence-based narratives in European research programming

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Philipp Schepelmann1, Susanne Fischer2, Martin Drews3, Ton Bastein4, Jürgen P. Kropp5, Linda Krummenauer5, Karoline Augenstein6
1Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, Döppersberg 19, 42103 Wuppertal, Germany
2Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, Neue Promenade 6, 10178 Berlin, Germany
3Technical University of Denmark, DTU Management, Produktionstorvet, DK-2800 Kgs, Lyngby, Denmark
4Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research TNO, Anna van Buerenplein 1, 2595, Den Haag, DA, Netherlands
5Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Telegraphenberg A 31, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
6Centre for Transformation Research and Sustainability, Wuppertal, Germany

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AbstractThe article introduces and exemplifies the approach of evidence-based narratives (EBN). The methodology is a product of co-design between policy-making and science, generating robust intelligence for evidence-based policy-making in the Directorate General for Research and Innovation of the European Commission (DG RTD) under the condition of high uncertainty and fragmented evidence. The EBN transdisciplinary approach tackles practical problems of future-oriented policy-making, in this case in the area of programming for research and innovation addressing the Grand Societal Challenge related to climate change and natural resources. Between 2013 and 2018, the EU-funded RECREATE project developed 20 EBNs in a co-development process between scientists and policy-makers. All EBNs are supported with evidence about the underlying innovation system applying the technological innovation systems (TIS) framework. Each TIS analysis features the innovation, its current state of market diffusion and a description of the innovation investment case. Indicators include potential future market sizes, effects on employment and environmental and social benefits. Based on the innovation and TIS function analyses, the EBNs offer policy recommendations. The article ends with a critical discussion of the EBN approach.

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