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'Scientific advice to politics', the 'nature of expertise', and the 'relation between experts, policy makers, and the public' are variations of a topic that currently attracts the attention of social scientists, philosophers of science as well as practitioners in the public sphere and the media. This renewed interest in a persistent theme is initiated by the call for a democratization of expertise that has become the order of the day in the legitimation of research funding. The new significance of 'participation' and 'accountability' has motivated scholars to take a new look at the science...

'Scientific advice to politics', the 'nature of expertise', and the 'relation between experts, policy makers, and the public' are variations of a topic that currently attracts the attention of social scientists, philosophers of science as well as practitioners in the public sphere and the media. This renewed interest in a persistent theme is initiated by the call for a democratization of expertise that has become the order of the day in the legitimation of research funding. The new significance of 'participation' and 'accountability' has motivated scholars to take a new look at the science...

2017 PROSE Award Honorable Mention
The PROSE Awards draw attention to pioneering works of research and for contributions to the conception, production, and design of landmark works in their fields.

Featuring peer-reviewed contributions from noted experts in their fields of research, Reproducibility: Principles, Problems, Practices, and Prospects presents state-of-the-art approaches to reproducibility, the gold standard of sound science, from multi- and interdisciplinary perspectives. Including comprehensive coverage for implementing and reflecting the...

Kann Wissenschaft ein Gegenstand nicht nur fur Erkenntniskritik und historische Analyse, sondern auch fur die Soziologie sein? Lange hiess es: nein Spatestens mit Robert K. Merton andert sich dies: Seither beschaftigt sich eine Wissenschaftssoziologie mit der Frage, wie die Produktion, Verbreitung und Geltung gesicherten Wissens moglich sind.

Das erhebliche Inventar an Theorien und Methoden, das zur Beantwortung dieser Frage zur Verfugung steht, verdankt sich der Soziologie als Heimatdisziplin der Wissenschaftssoziologie angereichert hat sie es durch ihre Eingliederung in eine...