Civic Epistemologies and comparative analysis

Author: Prof. Dr. Holger Straßheim This is Part 2 of Prof Staßheim’s reflections of international comparative analysis of ethics bodies and committees. Part 1 foced on the institutional embeddedness of ethics advice. In the last blog we explored how science-policy interactions, and by extension ethics – policy interactions are culturally and institutionally embedded. This helps us to … Continue reading “Civic Epistemologies and comparative analysis”

The institutional embeddedness of ethics advice

Author: Prof. Dr. Holger Straßheim This is Part 1 of Prof Staßheim’s reflections of international comparative analysis of ethics bodies and committees. Part 2 will focus on Civic Epistemologies. Probably one of the most pressing problems within recent studies of ethics advice and expertise concerns the institutional and cultural embeddedness of science-policy relations. In this … Continue reading “The institutional embeddedness of ethics advice”