This book explores the role of scientific evidence within United Nations (UN) deliberation by examining the negotiation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), endorsed by Member States in 2015. Using the SDGs as a case study, this book addresses a key gap in our understanding of the role of evidence in contemporary international policy-making
About this book Conversations around diversity, equity and inclusion in science communication are in danger of generating much concern without effecting change and systematic transformations. This radical volume addresses these circular discourses and reveals the gaps in the field. Putting the spotlight on the marginalized voices of so-called ‘racialized minorities’, and those from Global South…
Abstract Climate change and COVID-19 have brought mathematical models into the forefront of politics and decision-making, where they are now being used to justify momentous and often controversial decisions. Such models are technically very complex, and sources of political authority. Yet disagreement among experts fuels a growing uneasiness about the quality and significance of the…
The INGSA-Africa Consensus Study Report – The Evolving Science Advisory Landscape in Africa
There has been an enormous increase in interest in the use of evidence for public policymaking, but the vast majority of work on the subject has failed to engage with the political nature of decision making and how this influences the ways in which evidence will be used (or misused) within political areas. This book…
English Summary of Booklet published by University of Tokyo Press. Title: Scientific Advice: Science, Technology, and Policy Making in the Twenty-First Century Tateo Arimoto / Yasushi Sato / Keiko Matsuo with a special contribution by Hiroyuki Yoshikawa ISBN 978-4-13-060316-4
Book Chapter Title: The ethos of scientific advice: a pragmatist approach to uncertainty and ignorance in science and public policy. Published in: H. de Regt and C. Kwa, eds. (2014), Building Bridges: Connecting Science, Technology and Philosophy – Essays presented to Hans Radder, Amsterdam: VU University Press, pp. 53–62.
Book Chapter – Bullshit at the Interface of Science and Policy: Global Warming, Toxic Substances,and Other Pesky Problems Prof Heather Douglas, University of Waterloo
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