Engaging Experts: Science-Policy Interactions and the Introduction of Congestion Charging in Stockholm
This article analyzes the conditions for mobilizing the science base for development of public policy. It does so by focusing upon the science-policy interface, specifically the processes of direct interaction between scientists and scientifically trained experts, on the one hand, and agents of poli...
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author | Broström, Anders McKelvey, Maureen |
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description | This article analyzes the conditions for mobilizing the science base for development of public policy. It does so by focusing upon the science-policy interface, specifically the processes of direct interaction between scientists and scientifically trained experts, on the one hand, and agents of policymaking organizations, on the other. The article defines two dimensions – cognitive distance and expert autonomy – which are argued to influence knowledge exchange, in such a way as to shape the outcome. A case study on the implementation of congestion charges in Stockholm, Sweden, illustrates how the proposed framework pinpoints three central issues for understanding these processes: (1) Differentiating the roles of, e.g., a science-based consultancy firm and an academic environment in policy formation; (2) Examining the fit between the organizational form of the science-policy interface and the intended goals; and (3) Increasing our understanding of when policymaker agents themselves need to develop scientific competence in order to interact effectively with scientific experts. |
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spelling | pubmed-59482762018-05-17 Engaging Experts: Science-Policy Interactions and the Introduction of Congestion Charging in Stockholm Broström, Anders McKelvey, Maureen Minerva Article This article analyzes the conditions for mobilizing the science base for development of public policy. It does so by focusing upon the science-policy interface, specifically the processes of direct interaction between scientists and scientifically trained experts, on the one hand, and agents of policymaking organizations, on the other. The article defines two dimensions – cognitive distance and expert autonomy – which are argued to influence knowledge exchange, in such a way as to shape the outcome. A case study on the implementation of congestion charges in Stockholm, Sweden, illustrates how the proposed framework pinpoints three central issues for understanding these processes: (1) Differentiating the roles of, e.g., a science-based consultancy firm and an academic environment in policy formation; (2) Examining the fit between the organizational form of the science-policy interface and the intended goals; and (3) Increasing our understanding of when policymaker agents themselves need to develop scientific competence in order to interact effectively with scientific experts. Springer Netherlands 2017-07-31 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC5948276/ /pubmed/29780180 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11024-017-9331-3 Text en © The Author(s) 2017 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
spellingShingle | Article Broström, Anders McKelvey, Maureen Engaging Experts: Science-Policy Interactions and the Introduction of Congestion Charging in Stockholm |
title | Engaging Experts: Science-Policy Interactions and the Introduction of Congestion Charging in Stockholm |
title_full | Engaging Experts: Science-Policy Interactions and the Introduction of Congestion Charging in Stockholm |
title_fullStr | Engaging Experts: Science-Policy Interactions and the Introduction of Congestion Charging in Stockholm |
title_full_unstemmed | Engaging Experts: Science-Policy Interactions and the Introduction of Congestion Charging in Stockholm |
title_short | Engaging Experts: Science-Policy Interactions and the Introduction of Congestion Charging in Stockholm |
title_sort | engaging experts: science-policy interactions and the introduction of congestion charging in stockholm |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5948276/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29780180 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11024-017-9331-3 |
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