PBL self-evaluation for the scientific audit 2022

on climate and sustainability), the need to pay explicit attention to the perspectives of the Dutch citizens and the increased attention for social relevance, imitability, quality and legitimacy of our studies, PBL has indicated the need for an addition to the development of its knowledge base. [...] 2.3 The changing arena of science, policy and society The framework within which PBL is currently operating therefore results from the legally independent position of the assessment agencies as strategic knowledge institutes, on the one hand, and the ever-changing arena of science, policy and society in the field of the environment, on the other (see reading material #15). [...] See, for example, the attention for the citizen perspective in PBL’s assessment of the physical environment (‘Balans voor de Leefomgeving’, 2020), the attention for regional economic and labour market developments in the framework of the regional deals and the energy transition, and for the landscape impact from the wind energy policy objective, for spatial and participatory aspects in the monitor. [...] Three developments are important and will continue to be so in the coming years: the emphasis on the relevance and impact of research, the increasing role of digitisation and big data in science, and the importance of open science. [...] In the 2019 report 'Outline of the circular economy', PBL took stock of the state of the circular economy (CE) in the Netherlands, and the opportunities for accelerating the transition towards it.