A Framework for Ontological Policy Reconstruction: Academic Knowledge Transfer in the Netherlands as a Case Study
Keywords:
public policy, ontology, academic knowledge transfer, logic, valorizationAbstract
This paper provides a framework for analyzing the ontology underlying a given public policy, i.e. the categories and concepts used by the policy. It provides a set of questions concerning the language, logic and deontology of a policy and their development over time. The framework is applied to a particular case study, the valorization policy for Dutch universities, in order to suggest the usefulness of the framework in the design and normative evaluation of public policy.
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