Democracy Paradox Zeynep Pamuk on the Role of Science and Expertise in a Democracy
Science is never offering the whole truth. It may be offering us something accurate. Scientific findings may be reliable for now, but they are always incomplete.
Zeynep Pamuk
A full transcript is available at www.democracyparadox.com or a short review of Politics and Expertise: How to Use Science in a Democratic Society here.
Zeynep Pamuk is an assistant professor of political science at the University of California, San Diego and the author of the book Politics and Expertise: How to Use Science in a Democratic Society.
Key Highlights
- Why is there a tension between science and democracy
- The limits of science for public policy
- The Proposal for a Science Court
- Ways to provide greater democratic involvement in scientific funding
- How have experts performed in the pandemic
Key Links
Politics and Expertise: How to Use Science in a Democratic Society by Zeynep Pamuk
Learn more about Zeynep Pamuk at scholar.harvard.edu/zpamuk
Read Zeynep Pamuk's article "The Contours of Ignorance," in Boston Review
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