Centre for Science, Knowledge and Policy

Name: Uncomfortable knowledge in central banking
Start: 2023-03-28
End: 2023-03-28
Location: University of Edinburgh (room tbc)

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

UK parliament image with "committees" written on it

Evidence use by parliamentary committees: what is it good for?

January 27, 2023

Marc Geddes shares some insights from his 12-month parliamentary academic fellowship, organized by the Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology (POST), where he studied the workings of Select Committees in the UK House of Commons and how they hold governments accountable.

Cooling towers from a Google datacenter in Oregon

“To make systems virtual is a tour de force of material configuration”: An interview with Professor Donald MacKenzie

November 22, 2022

Maxence Dutilleul interviews Donald MacKenzie following his SKAPE seminar entitled “Materiality, Policy and Power in Advertising Markets: Ad Servers and Header Bidding”. During the interview, Donald evokes his project on the material political economy of online advertising and its scientific and policy implications.