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Lecture: Epistemic pluralism in policy advice: prospects and challenges

The working group Culture and Ethics of Biomedicine of the Institute of Ethics and History of Medicine at the University Medical Center Göttingen and the Institute of Advanced Studies for Ethics of Sciences invite you to the lecture "Epistemic pluralism in policy advice: prospects and challenges" by Dr. Simon Lohse on April 30, 2024 from 16:00-17:30 in the seminar room EGM (Humboldtallee 36).

Vortrag
Epistemic pluralism in policy advice: prospects and challenges

Time: April 30, 2024, 16:00-17:30
Location: Seminar room EGM (Humboldtallee 36)/online

Lecturers: Dr. Simon Lohse (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, Niederlande)
Organizer: Institute of Advanced Studies for Ethics of Science

Scientific policy advice in the face of complex real-world problems requires a maximally pluralistic knowledge base. However, integrating different types of knowledge from a variety of sources raises a series of highly challenging epistemic as well as practical problems. In this talk, I will present arguments for epistemic pluralism and propose an integrated model of pluralistic policy advice emphasizing the appropriate constitution and structure of pluralistic expert panels. Furthermore, I will argue that normative assumptions underlying expert advice should be made explicit to policymakers. The goal should not be to avoid normative biases, but rather to create transparency with respect to unavoidable value judgements and to provide policymakers with evidence-based scenarios that range over a variety of value preferences.

All interested persons are cordially invited to participate.

For online participation, please register at jan.hinrichsen(at)med.uni-goettingen.de

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