Blogs, perspectives and opinion
The role of socialisation in education governance: the case of the OECD country reviews
Sotiria Grek discusses the OECD national education policy reviews in the context of shaping the public and policy debate on education governance in Sweden.
Trusting in expertise? Knowledge, advice and policy in the environmental domain
Susan Owens, Fellow of the British Academy, introduces her Skape Keynote Lecture, 30 May 2018.
A word that counts? The promise and pitfall of ruling the world by numbers
In this post, Morten Jerven reflects on the growing authority awarded to quantification in global governance, including the Sustainable Development Goals.
Reckoning with transvaginal mesh: clinical labour and affect economies
For a number of years, I have been collaborating with colleagues in surgery, health services research, and bioethics in studying how and why a community of surgeons changes their practice and the consequences of how and why they change their practice.
The Holy Grails of good governance: why we need naïve policymaking ideals in cynical times
This talk introduces an embryonic book project that will extend this work in much richer detail. I want to argue, drawing on key case studies across health policy in the UK, that policy actors have good reasons for hanging on to ideals like EBPM, joined-up governance, transparency and citizen engagement in their practice. Namely, I will argue that pursuing these goals helps them a) to cope with the complex demands of contemporary governance, b) to channel their interests and values in persuasive ways, and c) to ensure buy-in from everyone in the face of eliminable complexities and conflicts.
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