Lindner, RalfRalfLindnerWittmann, FlorianFlorianWittmannJackwerth-Rice, ThomasThomasJackwerth-RiceDaimer, StephanieStephanieDaimerEdler, JakobJakobEdlerPosch, DanielDanielPosch2023-06-272023-06-272023https://publica.fraunhofer.de/handle/publica/444815This discussion paper suggests an institutional paradigm shift in the field of transformative, mission-oriented politics that has been little discussed so far: the establishment of a specialised agency as a central "mission owner" that ensures a lead and comprehensive steering of transformative missions that cut across established policy fields. Such a mission agency, located in the responsibility of the Federal Chancellery, would accompany and help to shape the mission throughout the entire mission cycle as an independent actor within the framework of its mandate.enMission-oriented innovation policyMission orientationGovernanceTransformative policyTransforming Germany: How mission agencies can pioneer innovative solutions for grand challengesDeutschland transformieren: Missionsagenturen als innovativer Baustein zur Bewältigung gesamtgesellschaftlicher Herausforderungenreport