Table 2 Overview of frames and frame attributes
Frame attributes | Frame 1: PBL as integrated assessment specialist | Frame 2: PBL as think tank | Frame 3: PBL as trustworthy expert |
|---|---|---|---|
(1) Crucial driver for transition | Increasing complexity of policy problems: multi-scale/multi-level | Mediatized society politicizes policy problems and expert knowledge | Public trust in experts decreases |
(2) Role/identity of PBL | PBL assesses problems across scales, levels, themes and sectors | PBL puts perspective in debates on unstructured policy problems | PBL ensures trustworthiness and transparency of its assessment processes |
(3a) Regulatory challenge | Working for multiple clients at various policy levels | Ensure policy relevance and credibility of think tank role | Standardized review procedures required |
(3b) Cultural challenge | Interdisciplinary collaboration needs improvement | Need for reflection upon own/organizational assumptions as to account for normative bias | Acknowledgement of the importance of critical review |
(3c) Methodological challenge | Assure quality of expertise for integrated assessment: governance expertise in addition to modelling expertise | Assure quality of expertise for perspective assessments: facilitation and interaction/communication skills | Develop a systematic approach for extended peer-review processes |
