Who‘s afraid of epistemic diversity?

In this special episode, twelve scholars of science advice discuss the challenges of incorporating a radically diverse range of perspectives into a science advice process. This conversation was recorded as part of the INGSA 2021 conference on global science advice, and is moderated by Estelle Balian.

Speakers in order of appearance

• Jacopo Torriti, Professor of Energy Economics and Policy, School of the Built Environment, University of Reading
• Tuula Teeri, President of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, Chair of Euro-CASE
• Diana Ürge-Vorsatz, Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy Central European University, member of the IPCC and member of SAPEA energy working group
• Jennie Stephens, Director of the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and the Dean’s Professor of Sustainability Science and Policy, Northeastern University
• Thomas Bauwens, Senior Researcher and Lecturer at the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University
• Clark Miller, Professor in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society and Director of the Center for Energy and Society, Arizona State University
• Alex Stingl, Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies, University of Warwick
• Katri Mäkinen-Rostedt, Tampere University
• Kristian Nielsen, Research Associate at the Cambridge Social Decision-Making Lab, Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge
• Yvan Dutil, Ministry of Health and Social Services, Québec
• Heather Douglas, philosopher of science, Michigan State University

Resources mentioned in this episode

• Original recording: www.sapea.info/epistemic-diversity

The original recording also includes remarks from Nebojsa Nakicenovic, Tom van Ierland, Sebastien Renaud and David Mair.