National Academies Committee Sets Steps for Bringing Best Science Advice to           Washington

Jim Dawson

doi:10.1063/1.1897515

National Academies Committee Sets Steps for Bringing Best Science Advice to Washington

Physics Today ◽

10.1063/1.1897515 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 58 (2) ◽

pp. 23-24

Author(s):

Jim Dawson

Keyword(s):

Science Advice

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APA Weighs in For Balanced Science Advice

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e322322004-004 ◽

2003 ◽

Author(s):

Geoffrey Mumford

Keyword(s):

Science Advice

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Science Advice and Global Environmental Governance

10.2307/j.ctvq4bzt8 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Pia M. Kohler

Keyword(s):

Environmental Governance ◽

Global Environmental Governance ◽

Global Environmental ◽

Science Advice

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Of numbers, narratives and challenges: Data as evidence in 21st century policy-making

Statistical Journal of the IAOS ◽

10.3233/sji-200735 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 36 (4) ◽

pp. 1043-1055

Author(s):

Gaby Umbach

Keyword(s):

21St Century ◽

Policy Making ◽

Evidence Use ◽

The Third ◽

Use Of Data ◽

Science Advice ◽

Governance Tools ◽

The Impact

This article1 offers reflections on the use of data as evidence in 21st century policy-making. It discusses the concept of evidence-informed policy-making (EIPM) as well as the governance and knowledge effects of data as evidence. With this focus, it interlinks the analysis of statistics and politics. The paper first introduces the concept of EIPM and the impact of evidence use. Here it focusses on science and knowledge as resources in policy-making, on the institutionalisation of science advice and on the translation of information and knowledge into evidence. The second part of the article reflects on data as evidence. This part concentrates on abstract and concrete functions of data as governance tools in policy-making, on data as a robust form of evidence and on the effects of data on knowledge and governance. The third part highlights challenges for data as evidence in policy-making, among them, politicisation, transparency, and diversity as well as objectivity and contestation. Finally, the last part draws conclusions on the production and use of data as evidence in EIPM. Throughout the second part of the reflections, reference is made to Walter Radermacher’s 2019 matrix of actors and activities related to data, facts, and policy published in this journal.

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