Knowledge, expertise and education policy during Covid-19
On 27 April, we welcome Jenny Ozga (University of Oxford) to SKAPE as part of our seminar series.
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Decarbonisation, Brexit and the “Foundation Industries”: How to make stuff in a Net-Zero-oriented Britain
On 23 March, we welcome our Co-Director Steve Yearley (University of Edinburgh) to SKAPE as part of our seminar series.
“Unite behind the Science!” Climate movements’ relations to science in narratives on environmental futures
On 9 February, we welcome Simone Rödder (Universität Hamburg) to SKAPE as part of our seminar series.
Supporting elements within an effective research-policy system: learning from the Go-science / ESRC Areas of Research Interest Fellowships
On 23 February, we welcome Kathryn Oliver and Annette Boaz (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London) to SKAPE as part of our seminar series.
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.
Seven questions for studying science, knowledge and policy in a Covid-19 world
From the beginning of this crisis, we have witnessed a growing importance of the questions of the role of science, knowledge and expertise in politics and society. As the SKAPE community, we have been exploring these themes from multiple perspectives for nearly a decade and during this challenging time, we would like to open up a discussion on potential impacts of COVID-19 on this field and offer a space for scholars working in different disciplines to engage in a debate. In this blog, we identify seven questions that emerge in this new reality and explain them in the UK context – though we are aware that our themes are not comprehensive nor that the UK is alone in this pandemic.
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Everyday stories of impact: interpreting knowledge exchange in the contemporary university
Peter Matthews discusses key themes that act as barriers or enable researchers to effectively translate research findings into policymaking. The post considers these questions through an example of considerations about gender and sexuality in homelessness data.
Rethinking research impact: how could knowledge about science and policy inform the UK’s research impact incentive structures?
Academics working in the UK are being increasingly encouraged and incentivised to seek research impact beyond the academy, and the consequences of these changes have caused alarm for some.
Post-crisis policymaking in Europe: the politics of expertise
The shift towards ‘evidence-based’ policymaking and pressure from the EU have pushed European governments to increasingly make use of technocratic expertise in policymaking, write Elke Heins and Hartwig Pautz. They call for a new research agenda to explore the facets of ‘independent evidence’ and the role of austerity in European governments’ policy responses to the Great Recession.
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The net migration target may have failed, but it has shifted the way we debate immigration
In this post, Christina Boswell discusses the ways the quantification of immigration targets influences the way we shape immigration policies.