Centre for Science, Knowledge and Policy

Name: What kind of actors are Knowledge Brokering Organisations? Improving our understanding through the combination of Boundary Organisations and Multiple Streams Analysis
Start: 2021-09-29
End: 2021-09-29
Location: Online - Zoom

Welcome to SKAPE

The Centre for Science, Knowledge and Policy at Edinburgh (SKAPE) brings together academic researchers across a range of disciplines, as well as policy practitioners, to examine the relationships and intersections between different types of science and knowledges on policy. With a membership of over 130 academics and practitioners, SKAPE is committed to exploring and sharing ideas across universities, policy institutions and the wider public to improve the use of knowledge and evidence in democratic decision-making.

Research from SKAPE members covers a range of topics, including research on climate change, energy systems, migration policy, public health, environmental politics, education, international development, and more.

Blogs, perspectives and opinion

COVID-19 shows how governments need to work more closely with experts in the social aspects of biomedicine

June 16, 2021

Martyn Pickersgill highlights the importance of the social sciences in responding to COVID-19, which have all too often been marginalised in favour expertise from the natural sciences.

Analyse and rule? New book explains the rise of risk analysis and how it transforms policymaking and public administrations in Europe

May 19, 2021

In this blog, Regine Paul outlines the main ideas from her new book on risk, including the main arguments and contributions.

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Households, bubbles and hugging grandparents: caring and lockdown rules during COVID-19

May 5, 2021

Jackie Gulland explores the impact of lockdown bubbles in this short blog, originally posted on Covid-19 Perspectives at the University of Edinburgh blog.