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Stephen Hilgartner to give SKAPE keynote lecture 2022/2023
The SKAPE Centre is delighted to welcome Stephen Hilgartner (Cornell University) on Thursday 22 September, when he will give the SKAPE keynote lecture 2022/2023.
Announcement of two new Associate Directors for SKAPE
The SKAPE centre announces two new Associate Directors who will work with the Centre’s team and contribute to making the Centre a place of vibrant debates on policymaking and knowledge.
Message from the new co-directors of SKAPE (2022-25)
As they assume the directorship of SKAPE, our new Co-Directors, Nathan Coombs and Eugénia Rodrigues, share a message about the future direction of the research centre and its activities.
Making local policy impact: analysing opportunity areas for data driven innovation within the city region (beyond the Edinburgh City)
In advance of the SKAPE seminar in 2022, Matjaz Vidmar and Fumi Kitagawa ask how we can make “policy impact” in our local areas and share stories about their work on the Data-Driven Innovation (DDI) initiative.
Ignorant rule of the masses or elitist rule of a knowing few? How to organise the knowledge-democracy-nexus
Following her talk for the SKAPE seminar series, Eva Krick introduces her new book ‘Expertise & Participation – Institutional designs for policy-development in Europe’, which examines the relationship between expertise and public participation in modern governance.
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