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Science advice in the knowledge economy

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The frequently remarked public distrust of ‘science’ is focused on science advice. On its present scale, such advice is a new sort of practice, for which the scientific community is not well prepared. The contributions of science advisors are deployed by those in the policy process, who have quite different agendas. Advice is more required now because of the knowledge economy, with the deep involvement of the State, and also the inevitability of ‘unintended consequences’. It also fosters a sophisticated public, who subject both advice and advisors to critical scrutiny. The welcome reforms in science advice have a variety of possible functions, and, without clarity about them and about the structural features of the problem, there is a danger that they will be frustrated. Copyright , Beech Tree Publishing.

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  • Jerry Ravetz, 2001. "Science advice in the knowledge economy," Science and Public Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 28(5), pages 389-393, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:scippl:v:28:y:2001:i:5:p:389-393
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