Using methods from political science and philosophy of science, we pursue three main goals:
- A detailed description and assessment of the role of the social and life sciences in the management of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- An analysis of the differences in epistemic practices of the life and social sciences and the challenges for interdisciplinary knowledge integration in this context.
- The development of starting points for improving interdisciplinary knowledge integration in evidence-based policy-making, especially in public health policy.
The expected project outcomes are a deeper understanding of political and epistemological challenges for interdisciplinary knowledge integration and recommendations for expanding epistemic pluralism in the context of policy advice.
Results
Bschir, K. & Lohse, S. 2023 “Taking Pluralism Seriously: A New Perspective on Evidence-Based Policy”. Science & Public Policy. doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scad074
Bschir, K., Knobloch, J. & Lohse, S. 2023. “Post-COVID-19: Auf dem Weg zu einem integrativen Modell der wissensbasierten Politikberatung [Post-COVID-19: Towards an integrative model of knowledge-based policy advice]”. In: Wissensproduktion und Wissenstransfer in Zeiten der Pandemie [Knowledge production and transfer in times of pandemic], ed. R. Hauswald & P. Schmechtig. Alber: 81-116.
Bschir, K. & Lohse, S. 2022. “Pandemics, Policy, and Pluralism. A Feyerabend-inspired Perspective on COVID-19”. Synthese 200, 441. doi.org/10.1007/s11229-022-03923-4
Lohse, S. & Canali, S. 2021. “Follow the Science? On the (Marginal) Role of the Social Sciences in the COVID-19 pandemic”. European Journal for Philosophy of Science 11 (99). doi.org/10.1007/s13194-021-00416-y
Lohse, S., & Bschir, K. (2020). The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case for Epistemic Pluralism in Public Health Policy. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, 42(4), 58. doi.org/0.1007/s40656-020-00353-8