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Membership nominations in international scientific assessments

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  • Philip Leifeld

    (University of Glasgow)

  • Dana R. Fisher

    (University of Maryland)

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International scientific assessments are transnational knowledge-based expert networks with a mandate to advise policymakers. A well-known example is the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA), which synthesized research on ecosystem services between 2001 and 2005, utilizing the knowledge of 1,360 expert members. Little, however, is known about the membership composition and the driving forces behind membership nominations in the MA and similar organizations. Here we introduce a survey data set on recruitment in the MA and analyse nomination patterns among experts as a complex network. The results indicate that membership recruitment was governed by prior contacts in other transnational elite organizations and a range of other factors related to personal affinity. Network analysis demonstrates how some core individuals were particularly influential in shaping the overall membership composition of the group. These findings add to recently noted concerns about the lack of diversity of views represented in international scientific assessments.

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  • Philip Leifeld & Dana R. Fisher, 2017. "Membership nominations in international scientific assessments," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 7(10), pages 730-735, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:7:y:2017:i:10:d:10.1038_nclimate3392
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate3392
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