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ISP 5101

Decision at the Interface of Science and Policy

3 units

Fall 2016 · Decision-Making at the Interface of Science and Policy

Topics

  • Science for policy and policy for science
  • Evidence-informed policy making
  • Scientists in policy making
  • Public trust and risk politics
  • Canadian science and innovation policy
  • Biotechnology governance

Readings

  • The Honest Broker: Making Sense of Science in Policy and Politics
    Roger A. Pielke Jr. · 2007 · Course text and assigned reading
  • The Politics of Evidence-Based Policy Making
    Paul Cairney · 2016 · Course text and assigned reading
  • On Immunity: An Inoculation
    Eula Biss · 2015 · Course text and assigned reading
  • Three Bio-Realms: Biotechnology and the Governance of Food, Health, and Life in Canada
    G. Bruce Doern; Michael J. Prince · 2012 · Course text and assigned reading
  • Canadian Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy: The Innovation Economy and Society Nexus
    G. Bruce Doern; David Castle; Peter W. B. Phillips · 2016 · Course text and assigned reading
  • Kathryn Oliver et al. (2014), A Systematic Review of Barriers to and Facilitators of the Use of Evidence by Policymakers, DOI:10.1186/1472-6963-14-2.
  • Kathryn Oliver, Adam Wellstead and Paul Cairney (2015), Policy Advice: Irked by Naivety about Policymaking, DOI:10.1038/527165e.
  • Simon Kiss (2014), Where Did All The Baby Bottles Go?, DOI:10.1017/S0008423914001127.
  • Éric Montpetit (2011), Scientific Credibility, Disagreement, and Error Costs in 17 Biotechnology Policy Subsystems, DOI:10.1111/j.1541-0072.2011.00419.x.
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