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RMNO and quality control of scientific advice to policy

Article | 01-06-2011

The quality control of scientific advice to policy makers is described from the position of an advisory council (RMNO).

Quality of scientific advice to policy-makers and what can be called good or bad practice depends on several factors:

  1. the nature of the policy problem (structured or unstructured) and the way scientists, policymakers and stakeholders see their roles with regard to knowledge production;
  2. the existing evaluation routines and institutions;
  3. the paradigmatic view on science/policy interactions (positivist or social constructivist) of those who evaluate.
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Author(s)Bert de Wit
Publication date01-06-2011
PublicationThe Politics of Scientific Advice: Institutional Design for Quality Assurance