Abstract
A large number of studies have detected that within the EU multilevel governance there is a transformation toward a hybrid knowledge co-production that overcomes traditional categories such as locality or embeddedness. There, a sort of sustainable decision-making knowledge is co-developed and theoretically supposed to be applied top-down on the national level of EU member states. However, in practice such processes of unification are always associated with a risk of limited compliance with specific national situations and with a specific national “world of relevancies”. Despite the rise in popularity of these top-down initiatives within international policy levels, there is a lack of studies that empirically analyze how national policy systems respond to these global standardization approaches. Therefore, the central aim of this study is twofold: Based on an exemplary case of an international information system co-produced by an expert group of the European Commission, it first reconstructs whether and how transnational information is integrated on the national policy level. Second, it elucidates factors limiting an application. The results show that this international knowledge system was used for basal purposes and was mainly challenged by non-compliance with national specificities and the existence of alternative knowledge sources.
Highlights
The Internationalization of Knowledge Systems in Modern SocietiesInternationalization of policy advice systems and the genesis of numerous multinational advisory organizations on the supranational level has been a focus of various lines of research (Gornitzka and Sverdrup 2011; Dür and González 2013; Décieux 2020)
To elucidate those conflicts is the central aim of this study, which uses a case study approach that focuses on a statistical indicator system that was part of a long-term policy strategy in a specific key policy area and was developed and reviewed by an European Expert group chaired by the European Commission. This statistical indicator system should promote evidence-based policy making on national level and direct the member states toward common European development goals. This statistical indicator system is an exemplary case for an international knowledge system implemented to promote and provide evidence-based policy making on the European Union (EU) policy level that should be applied on the national level within an Open Method of Coordination framework
The first quote indicates the perspective of the chair of this expert group, which covers the perspective of the European Commission on this group and the group targets
Summary
The Internationalization of Knowledge Systems in Modern SocietiesInternationalization of policy advice systems and the genesis of numerous multinational advisory organizations on the supranational level has been a focus of various lines of research (Gornitzka and Sverdrup 2011; Dür and González 2013; Décieux 2020). Internationalization has been observed on the national decision-making level through the increasing demand to consult international or transnational knowledge systems as a source of strategic advice and risk management (Adler and Haas 1992; Renn and Klinke 2013; van den Berg 2017). These developments are especially true for the European Union (EU) policy system (Boswell 2008; Münch 2010; Heinen et al 2019). Their processes of knowledge exchange should enhance the sustainability of the co-produced knowledge and direct the member states toward common policy objectives (EC 2009; Jahn et al 2012)
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