Who‘s afraid of epistemic diversity?

20/09/2021 52 min Episodio 31
Who‘s afraid of epistemic diversity?

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Episode Synopsis

In this special episode, twelve scholars of science advice discuss the challenges of incorporating a radically diverse range of perspectives into a science advice process. This conversation was recorded as part of the INGSA 2021 conference on global science advice, and is moderated by Estelle Balian.
Speakers in order of appearance
Jacopo Torriti, Professor of Energy Economics and Policy, School of the Built Environment, University of Reading
Tuula Teeri, President of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, Chair of Euro-CASE
Diana Ürge-Vorsatz, Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy Central European University, member of the IPCC and member of SAPEA energy working group
Jennie Stephens, Director of the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and the Dean’s Professor of Sustainability Science and Policy, Northeastern University
Thomas Bauwens, Senior Researcher and Lecturer at the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University
Clark Miller, Professor in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society and Director of the Center for Energy and Society, Arizona State University
Alex Stingl, Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies, University of Warwick
Katri Mäkinen-Rostedt, Tampere University
Kristian Nielsen, Research Associate at the Cambridge Social Decision-Making Lab, Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge
Yvan Dutil, Ministry of Health and Social Services, Québec
Heather Douglas, philosopher of science, Michigan State University

Resources mentioned in this episode
Original recording: www.sapea.info/epistemic-diversity

The original recording also includes remarks from Nebojsa Nakicenovic, Tom van Ierland, Sebastien Renaud and David Mair.