The present study corresponds to the second volume of the fifth-year report on the “Research for Developing Agendas on Technological Regulatory Reform.” This volume presents a review of the key research outcomes of the five-year long research proj...
The present study corresponds to the second volume of the fifth-year report on the “Research for Developing Agendas on Technological Regulatory Reform.” This volume presents a review of the key research outcomes of the five-year long research project and the direction for future research. The key results of the study can be summarized as follows.
Chapter 2 presents the key activities and outcomes of this five-year study on the technology regulations. The key research agendas and research outcomes by year have been presented along with the key research methods adopted. In addition, the current state of the convergence research and activities for the dissemination of the research outcomes have also been introduced in this chapter. The key research outcomes have been reviewed in terms of their contribution to the government policies, building the academic foundation for research, and building the inter-disciplinary research networks.
Chapter 3 introduces the policy research trends on technology regulations and the analyses of the policy governance. For the effective analysis, the academic papers and reports on technology regulations published in Korea were first reviewed to identify the correlation between innovation and regulation. Then, the trends of technology regulation related research by Korean and foreign scholars were compared and their differences were identified through the network analysis of local and international academic journals. In addition, the activities of key ministries like the Office for Government Policy Coordination directly or indirectly involved in the technology regulation related policies were reviewed to draw insightful implications.
The conclusion section of Chapter 4 summarizes the significance and limitations of the research project and presents the directions for future research. This research project has a significance as it has laid down the basis for local policy research initiatives on technology regulations while presenting the basic framework and improvement directions of the Korean government’s technology regulation policies. Nevertheless, it has limitations due to the weak theoretical analysis and its failure to present a detailed analytical framework. Through a review of changes in the internal and external environment and a multifaceted analysis of the government’s new policy needs, the research team has come to a conclusion that in-depth foundational research is needed in the future while placing the research focus on such topics as the global technology regulations, the regulatory management system, and evidence-based research.