The Role of Scientific Expertise in COVID-19 Policy-making: Evidence from Four European Countries-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

The Role of Scientific Expertise in COVID-19 Policy-making: Evidence from Four European Countries

Published:2022-04-11 Issue:2 Volume:22 Page:249-267
ISSN:1566-7170
Container-title:Public Organization Review
language:en
Short-container-title:Public Organiz Rev

Author:

Hodges Ron^ORCID,Caperchione Eugenio^ORCID,van Helden Jan^ORCID,Reichard Christoph^ORCID,Sorrentino Daniela^ORCID

Abstract

AbstractImmense uncertainty and the need for drastic interventions cause politicians to rely heavily on scientific advice for underpinning or legitimating their COVID-19 decision-making. This paper explores the role of scientific advice in this policy field in Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and the UK. It shows that scientific advice is based on the disciplinary, mainly medical, backgrounds of advisors but is also influenced by social and economic values, which are core to what politicians find important. During the pandemic a growing gap between scientific advice and political decisions is observed.

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Law,Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)

Link

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11115-022-00614-z.pdf

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