Priorities, strategies and governance of innovation in Sweden

This chapter revisits issues of prioritisation and their relationship to strategies for developing the Swedish innovation system. It starts with a discussion of the types and rationales of research and innovation prioritisation strategies, and the main issues that affect their formulation and implementation in Sweden and elsewhere. It then focuses on the type of prioritisation underlying the initiatives set out in the 2008 and 2012 Research and Innovation Bills. The two final sections then look at the implications for prioritisation and governance in the broader context of the overall Swedish research and innovation system.