The science-policy dialogue in transformation: model-uncertainty and environmental policy

Tomas Hellström

Science and Public Policy, 1996, vol. 23, issue 2, 91-97

Abstract: This paper examines the problem of uncertainty in environmental modelling and its implications for policy. It is argued that: (a) the changing function of science in society gives modelling a new voice in the science-policy dialogue and (b) uncertainty in modelling exercises provides new constraints and possibilities for science and policy. The paper concludes that the close relationship between environmental modelling and policy has created a new type of science which diverges from the traditional picture of research as depicted by Kuhn and others. In this type of research, scientific uncertainty can become both a burden and an asset in the policy-making process. Copyright , Beech Tree Publishing.

Date: 1996
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