Informal early career session with Professor Reiner Grundmann
SKAPE is pleased to invite you all to the inaugural 2023-2024 Keynote seminar from Prof. Grundmann on the functions of expertise in times of populism and science scepticism
Governance
SKAPE Keynote: Expertise in uncertain times
SKAPE is pleased to invite you all to the inaugural 2023-2024 Keynote seminar from Prof. Grundmann on the functions of expertise in times of populism and science scepticism
Evidence use by parliamentary committees: what is it good for?
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.
Evidence in energy policy-making
On 26 January, we welcome Will McDowall (University College London) to SKAPE as part of our seminar series.
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.
Uncertainty, pandemics and policy
Sudeepa Abeysinghe discusses the risks and uncertainties associated with the global management of emerging and reemerging infectious diseases.
Governing, knowledge and time: a governmentality perspective
Marlon Barbehön reflects the intertwinement of time and governing practices, discussing how modern governance is simultaneously informed by particular conceptions of time while also re-producing constructions of time through governing techniques.
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.
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.