A Bias Radar for Responsible Policy-Making
Foresight-Based Scientific Advice
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Systems Thinking and Assessing Cross-Policy Impacts
This chapter offers scientific advisers practical ways to avoid overlooking unintended effects of the policy options they formulate on the society as well as on other policies. It describes ways for advisers t...
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Scientific Policy Advising: Exploring the Science-Policy Ecosystem
People usually suppose that policy is evidence-based. However, democratic decision-making requires a cautious balance between scientific evidence and other inputs, such as citizens’ voices. This chapter explai...
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How Bias Distorts Evidence and Its Assessment
Scientific policy advisers collect information and on its basis formulate alternative policy options for policy-makers to consider. Throughout the process, biases can cause systematically distorted perceptions...
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Scientific Foresight: Considering the Future of Science and Technology
This chapter focuses on the societal elements that complement scientific evidence. It explains how foresight methods give advisers insights into how scientific and technological developments may impact society...
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Towards Responsible Scientific Advice: Painting the Complete Picture
This chapter summarizes the scientific advisory process by presenting a model that combines all of the considerations and tools previously described. The model starts with a holistic approach to the scientific...
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Health protection in times of economic crisis: Challenges and opportunities for Europe
STOA, the European Parliament’s technology assessment body, and the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies recently organised a workshop on the impacts of the economic crisis on European health sy...
