Browsing Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities (SVT) by Title
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A sensitivity analysis of the PAWN sensitivity index
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)The PAWN index is gaining traction among the modelling community as a sensitivity measure. However, the robustness to its design parameters has not yet been scrutinized: the size (𝑁) and sampling (𝜀) of the model output, ... -
Sensitivity analysis: A discipline coming of age
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Sensitivity analysis (SA) as a ‘formal’ and ‘standard’ component of scientific development and policy support is relatively young. Many researchers and practitioners from a wide range of disciplines have contributed to SA ... -
A short comment on statistical versus mathematical modelling
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Should policy makers trust composite indices? A commentary on the pitfalls of inappropriate indices for policy formation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background This paper critically discusses the use and merits of global indices, in particular, the Global Health Security Index (GHSI; Cameron et al. https://www.ghsindex.org/#l-section--map) in times of an imminent ... -
Silver as a Constraint for a Large-Scale Development of Solar Photovoltaics? Scenario-Making to the Year 2050 Supported by Expert Engagement and Global Sensitivity Analysis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-06-14)In this study we assess whether availability of silver could constrain a large-scale deployment of solar photovoltaics (PV). While silver-paste use in photovoltaics cell metallization is becoming more efficient, solar ... -
Spatiotemporal Changes of the Small Pelagic Fish Assemblage off the Coast of Morocco
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Striking the balance: Sustainability and institutional transitions in the European Environment Agency
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)We look at how concepts of uncertainty and complexity undergo a series of balancing acts when moving between scientific research and policy. By questioning the prediction and control framework, uncertainty and complexity ... -
Systemic insecticides (neonicotinoids and fipronil): trends, uses, mode of action and metabolites
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-09-19)Since their discovery in the late 1980s, neonicotinoid pesticides have become the most widely used class of insecticides worldwide, with large-scale applications ranging from plant protection (crops, vegetables, fruits), ... -
Teaching Philosophy of Science to Science Students: An Alternative Approach
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Although most scientists and their students probably are skeptical towards philosophy, there has been an increasing demand for philosophy, among others philosophy of science, in science education programs. However, for ... -
Teaching scientific research integrity: A case study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The focus of this case study is the question, ‘How can research integrity be taught in higher education?’ I will share my experience of teaching this topic over the past three years, organising the various dimensions of ... -
The technique is never neutral. How methodological choices condition the generation of narratives for sustainability
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-02-01)How to tackle uncertainties and ensure quality in integrated assessment for sustainability? To what extent does the choice of the methodology condition the narrative produced by the analysis? The present work argues that ... -
Technoscience, policy and the new media. Nexus or vortex?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-01)Science, technology and policy are today entangled in concurrent crises, rapid transformations and conflicts, which are alimented by an ever-accelerating media system. Existing attempts to capture separate elements of ... -
The temporal cleavage: the case of populist retrotopia vs. climate emergency
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)How do time perceptions politicize contestation in the case of climate politics? We argue that across Western Europe and North America, contestation in the climate case and beyond forms along an emerging temporal dividing ... -
Too hot or too cold: the biochemical basis of temperature-size rules for fish and other ectotherms
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The well-established temperature-dependence of growth parameters and maximum sizes of fish and other water-breathing ectotherms (WBEs) form the basis for various “temperature-size rules” for fish and WBEs. Numerous ... -
Toolkit for conducting citizen science activities in environmental epidemiology
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Scientists and practitioners implementing citizen science projects, in which the involvement of citizens is key, often need ideas and tools that help in reaching citizens, engaging them in the project and maximizing their ... -
Toward a multi-faceted conception of co-production of climate services
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-02-11)Increasing numbers of scholars and practitioners appeal to procedural theories of ‘co-production’ as they work to transform climate science into climate services. Most work in this direction theorises co-production as an ... -
Towards Inclusive Environmental Governance: a Study of the Expert-Lay Interplay in a Brazilian Social Movement
(Doctoral thesis, 2009-04-17)First and foremost this dissertation concerns itself with inclusive manners of environmental governance. In a broad sense, it addresses the science-politics interplay in environmental governance. It focuses upon two main ... -
Towards Post-Pandemic Sustainable and Ethical Food Systems
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The current global COVID-19 pandemic has led to a deep and multidimensional crisis across all sectors of society. As countries contemplate their mobility and social-distancing policy restrictions, we have a unique opportunity ... -
Transformative Translations? Challenges and tensions in territorial innovation governance
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Since the 1990s, changing ways of producing and circulating knowledge have been accompanied by debates that diagnose and call for change in the relationship between science, society, politics, and innovation. Most recently ... -
Transforming Scientists’ Understanding of Science–Society Relations. Stimulating Double‑Loop Learning when Teaching RRI
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)The problem of developing research and innovation in accordance with society’s general needs and values has received increasing attention in research policy. In the last 7 years, the concept of “Responsible Research and ...