Public science and technology policy in modern Russia: idea and implementation

Abstract

The paper substantiates the understanding of public science and technology policy as an impact of public administration on the sphere of science and technology in order to implement national and state interests and values. The paper shows the correlation of the concepts of public science and technology policy and public administration in science and technology. Five methods of public science and technology policy analysis are proposed. A significant distortion of the goals and objectives of public science and technology policy in modern Russia in the process of their implementation is shown. Revealed are the negative consequences of using performance indicators in public administration in science and technology as production of performance indicators suppresses production of knowledge, technology development and personnel development. The paper shows the replacement of real activity aimed at solving the problem of overcoming the technological gap in Russia by increasing the document flow due to the growth of instructions and reporting on the production of performance indicators. It is proposed to return qualified personnel to the system of public administration in science and technology, as well as to return to science and technology governance by setting meaningful tasks instead of meaningless indicators.