How has mission-oriented innovation policy addressed justice considerations? A systematic review

M.J. Wiarda, E. Rodríguez-Gironés, N. Doorn

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Abstract

Mission-oriented innovation policies have major justice implications because they aim to radically transform our societies. Although research on these policies rarely engages with the notion of justice, this paper rests on the premise that it has implicitly provided insights that are relevant, and which could function as an entry point for a much-needed debate on mission justice. In response, we identify and explicate implicit considerations of distributive, procedural, recognitional, and restorative justice in the context of missions by means of a systematic literature review. While the scholarly debate on missions has indeed raised relevant questions regarding justice, we find that it has provided few meaningful answers. In particular, scholars seem to overlook restorative justice considerations that could help rectify historical wrongdoing. We highlight the imperative and ways in which scholars and policymakers can engage with justice more explicitly to formulate, implement, and evaluate missions for more just transitions.
Original languageEnglish
Article numberscaf025
JournalScience and Public Policy
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2025

Bibliographical note

Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.

Keywords

  • distributive justice
  • procedural justice
  • recognitional justice
  • restorative justice
  • just transition
  • transformative innovation policy

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