National innovation policy and public science in Australia
Journal article
Carter, Lyn. (2017). National innovation policy and public science in Australia. Cultural Studies of Science Education. 12(4), pp. 929 - 942. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11422-017-9843-z
Authors | Carter, Lyn |
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Abstract | In this paper, I have positioned myself with Kean Birch and explored some of the political-economic actors/actants of policy suites implicated in the biotechnologies and bioeconomy. In particular, I have considered Australia’s recent National Innovation and Science Agenda and allied documents and entities (that is, Innovation and Science Australia, the National Science Statement and the 2016 National Research Infrastructure Roadmap) as one of the National Innovation Strategies in place now in OECD countries and beyond. In overview, these policy suites utilise the same high knowledge creation/low translation and commericalisation arguments as elsewhere to press for particular ideologically based ‘improvements’ to public science. Mapping the terrain of these entities has revealed the innovation, biotechnology and bioeconomy policy space to be inordinately complex and challenging to navigate. Reviewing Australia’s position enables the type of comparative work that contributes to a closer understanding of the largely neoliberal global economic imperatives shaping contemporaneity. Moreover, while these policy suites attempt to constitute and circulate particular visions of science education, their complex nature mitigates against science teachers/educators grappling with their implications. |
Keywords | Australia; policy; innovation; bioeconomy |
Year | 2017 |
Journal | Cultural Studies of Science Education |
Journal citation | 12 (4), pp. 929 - 942 |
Publisher | Springer Netherlands |
ISSN | 1871-1502 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11422-017-9843-z |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85030320453 |
Page range | 929 - 942 |
Research Group | School of Education |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Controlled |
Place of publication | Netherlands |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/86935/national-innovation-policy-and-public-science-in-australia
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