Conference on the Role of Experts: Scientific Advisors and Public Management
Analyzing the role of experts is the focus of this workshop. Reflect on the scientists who advise public managers on issues such as the pandemic.
The planned completion dates are 7 (Thursday) and 8 (Friday) March 2024.
Matriculation period from February 1 to 23, 2024.
Venue at the University of A Coruña, Campus of Ferrol.
This Conference on the Role of Experts: Scientific Advisors and Public Management is the XXIX Conference on Contemporary Philosophy and Methodology of Science.
More information can be found in the leaflet available at the following address: https://cifcyt.udc.es/en/
The invited speakers are the following:
Martin Carrier, Professor of Philosophy at the German University of Bielefeld and author of the paper "What does Good Science-Based Advice to Politics Look Like?", published in 2021 in the Journal for General Philosophy of Science. He has the 2018 Werner-Heisenberg Medal of the Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation.
Richard Bradley, Professor in the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method at the London School of Economics and an expert in risk estimation and decision making.
Javier Ordoñez, Professor Emeritus of Logic and Philosophy of Science at the Autonomous University of Madrid, where he has been Vice-Rector for Research. He has also been a researcher at the Max Planck in Berlin for many years.
Inmaculada Melo-Martín is Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell University in New York and has published two books at Oxford University Press. She has been President of the Society for Philosophy and Technology. She is a member of the European Academy of Sciences.
Anna Estany Profitós, Professor Emeritus of Logic and Philosophy of Science at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and co-editor of the volume (in Spanish) Institutional Design and Democratic Innovations, published in 2021.
Center for Research in Philosophy of Science and Technology (CIFCYT)
University of A Coruña
Faculty of Humanities and Information Science
Dr. Vazquez Cabrera Street, s/n
15403-Ferrol
(A Coruña)
Spain
Phone 34 881 013814
Webpage: https://cifcyt.udc.es/en/
E-mail: jornadas.filosofia.ciencia@udc.es
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