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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
An update of the Worldwide Integrated Assessment (WIA) on systemic insecticides. Part 2: impacts on organisms and ecosystems
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)New information on the lethal and sublethal effects of neonicotinoids and fipronil on organisms is presented in this review, complementing the previous Worldwide Integrated Assessment (WIA) in 2015. The high toxicity of ... -
Value- And ecosystem-based management approach- And Pacific herring fishery conflict
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)We introduce an innovative value- and ecosystem-based management approach (VEBMA) that exposes resource policy tradeoffs, fosters good governance, and can help to resolve conflicts. We apply VEBMA to the Pacific herring ... -
Virtue Ethics and Integration in Evidence-Based Practice in Psychology
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-02-18)The policy statement for evidence-based practice in psychology is the most important document in contemporary psychotherapy. In its current form, evidence-based practice in psychology gives scientific research precedence ... -
The visual framing of climate change impacts and adaptation in the IPCC assessment reports
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a key source on climate change information. How the IPCC presents and frames this climate information influences how policymakers and various stakeholders worldwide ... -
What Ethics for Bioart?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-04)Living artworks created with biotechnology raise a range of ethical questions, some of which are unprecedented, others well known from other contexts. These questions are often discussed within the framework of bioethics, ... -
What hat are you wearing? On the multiple roles of fishery scientists in the ICES community
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Trends towards a more participatory agenda in policy-relevant science imply that the roles and work tasks of scientists become more multifaceted. In Europe, the increased use of multiannual plans creates a need for fishery ... -
“What Was That Word? It’s Part of Ensuring Its Future Existence” Exploring Engagement Collectives at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)This paper provides an empirical analysis of an initiative to establish a Community of Practice on citizen engagement at the European Commission’s (EC) Joint Research Centre (JRC). This initiative is one of the more recent ...