BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Gaia Taffoni of the European University Institute will present at the November \;Institutional Grammar Research Initiative (IGRI) vir tual research seminar.Abstract:The unifying theme of strategic behavior as part of collective action has gained momentum among the public management and policy scholars' community. Specifically\, explanations for collectiv e action focus on both institutional arrangements and narratives\, conceiv ed as means that shape the practices of policy actors. Therefore\, scholar s may refer to at least two separate but interrelated analytical framework s when reasoning about what drives collective action. On the one hand\, ap proaches focusing on institutional designs emphasize the role of rules-in- use to guide human behavior. On the other hand\, accounting for the differ ent discursive practices through which policy actors narrate and make sens e of their institutional actions helps understand actors’ strategic behavi or. However\, examining institutional and narrative approaches together is daunting\, in part because there has not been a common way to incorporate the two approaches comparatively. In this article\, we investigate how po licy-makers strategically use narratives and institutional arrangements to establish relational connections between governmental and non-governmenta l actors in the empirical settings of an innovation policy process. We dra w from assemblage thinking and Actor-Network Theory (ANT) to elaborate a n ovel analytical approach that combines ANT with the Institutional Grammar Tool (IGT) and the Narrative Policy Framework (NPF). According to ANT\, an y innovation results from a translation process through which a network of actors is created\, and different interests\, goals\, desires\, visions\, and beliefs are gathered together. We use IGT and NPF as analytical categ ories in a processual perspective to examine how actors narrate institutio nal statements within the process through which multiple heterogeneous com ponents (humans and non-humans) are assembled to create governable forms. In bringing together ANT\, the IGT\, and the NPF\, we shed new light on th e study of strategic behavior in complex policy environments. We illustrat e our approach through an in-depth analysis of the development of a smart city\, namely\, an ICT-enabled policy innovation made in urban settings. ( Co-authored by Gaia Taffoni\, Giovanni Esposito (Université Libre de Bruxe lles &\; Université of Liège) and Andrea Terlizzi (University of Floren ce). DTEND:20231107T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260515T120326Z DTSTART:20231107T170000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Between rules and narratives: Understanding collective action in In novation Policy Processes UID:RFCALITEM639144290068267721 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Gaia Taffoni of the European University Ins titute will present at the November \;Institutional Grammar Research I nitiative (IGRI) virtual research seminar.

Abstract:

The unify ing theme of strategic behavior as part of collective action has gained mo mentum among the public management and policy scholars' community. Specifi cally\, explanations for collective action focus on both institutional arr angements and narratives\, conceived as means that shape the practices of policy actors. Therefore\, scholars may refer to at least two separate but interrelated analytical frameworks when reasoning about what drives colle ctive action.

On the one hand\, approaches focusing on institutiona l designs emphasize the role of rules-in-use to guide human behavior. On t he other hand\, accounting for the different discursive practices through which policy actors narrate and make sense of their institutional actions helps understand actors’ strategic behavior. However\, examining instituti onal and narrative approaches together is daunting\, in part because there has not been a common way to incorporate the two approaches comparatively .

In this article\, we investigate how policy-makers strategically use narratives and institutional arrangements to establish relational conn ections between governmental and non-governmental actors in the empirical settings of an innovation policy process. We draw from assemblage thinking and Actor-Network Theory (ANT) to elaborate a novel analytical approach t hat combines ANT with the Institutional Grammar Tool (IGT) and the Narrati ve Policy Framework (NPF). According to ANT\, any innovation results from a translation process through which a network of actors is created\, and d ifferent interests\, goals\, desires\, visions\, and beliefs are gathered together.

We use IGT and NPF as analytical categories in a processu al perspective to examine how actors narrate institutional statements with in the process through which multiple heterogeneous components (humans and non-humans) are assembled to create governable forms. In bringing togethe r ANT\, the IGT\, and the NPF\, we shed new light on the study of strategi c behavior in complex policy environments. We illustrate our approach thro ugh an in-depth analysis of the development of a smart city\, namely\, an ICT-enabled policy innovation made in urban settings.

(Co-authored by Gaia Taffoni\, Giovanni Esposito (Université Libre de Bruxelles &\; Université of Liège) and Andrea Terlizzi (University of Florence).

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