Initiatives that attribute expert status to 'ordinary citizens' proliferate in a range of societal
realms and are generally celebrated for 'democratising expertise'. By tapping new sources of …

This study traces the claims of a 'scientization'and a 'participatory turn'in modern governance
within the system of temporary policy advisory committees in Norway. It analyzes whether …

Background: The canonical view of expert legitimacy in policymaking links it to objectivity
and autonomy from politics. Yet, in practice such 'epistemic gains' stemming from the …

This article investigates the micro-level practices of subject-construction in Finnish
participatory social policy. Through a governmental ethnography on projects that invite …

Constructing energy scenarios is traditionally an endeavour driven by experts. I suggest that
an outcome of relying solely on expertise is incompleteness. Moreover, expertise, while …

This study explores the room for reconciliation between democratic and epistemic claims to
modern policy-making. The key institutional design question it deals with is how to compose …

This paper aims to integrate epistemic versions of deliberative democracy into policy studies
in order to develop a policy impact tool (PIT) for e‐rulemaking initiatives. In building its …

This study analyses a particularly auspicious and seemingly thriving kind of democratic
innovation in terms of its potential to deal with epistemic and democratic demands to policy …

This article presents our experience as a multidisciplinary team systematizing and analyzing
the transcripts from a large-scale (1.775 conversations) series of conversations about Chile's …

Background What is good bioethics? Addressing this question is key for reinforcing and
developing the field. In particular, a discussion of potential quality criteria can heighten …