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<br>RESEARCH, TRUST AND POLICY workshop
<br>Call for abstracts, dl 31 May
<br>4-5 Oct 2018, University of Helsinki
<br>In this workshop we explore the role of trust in research and policy. When
<br>people trust one another, they can depend upon each other both epistemically
<br>and socially. Trust is a crucial element in communication and transfer of
<br>knowledge, and, when scientists work close to policy, they are expected to be
<br>trustworthy in the eyes of citizens and policy makers. The importance of trust
<br>becomes visible when either scientists or policy makers and citizens are faced
<br>with distrust.
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<br>This two-day workshop explores the connection between science, trust and
<br>policymaking. In policymaking people and groups with diverse backgrounds,
<br>values and interests communicate with each other in order to make decisions.
<br>When building trusting relationships, scientists, policymakers and laypeople
<br>are faced with many questions: How to build trust and trustworthiness among
<br>people? How can citizens assess the trustworthiness of scientific experts?
<br>What do scientists need to do in order to earn the rational epistemic trust of
<br>citizens? In the workshop, we are interested in having both theoretical and
<br>empirical papers exploring these topics.
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<br>Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
<br>- Creating and maintaining trust relationships between policymaking and
<br>science
<br>- How policy considerations bring forward new desiderata about trust in
<br>scientific experts
<br>- The sources of trust and distrust in science and scientific experts
<br>- How and to what extent we can empirically measure trust in science
<br>- How developments in scientific practice bring forward new considerations
<br>about trust in science
<br>- The role of communities in epistemic quality management in science/policy
<br>relationships
<br>- The value-free ideal and policy
<br>- How much should extra-scientific considerations, such as cost-effectiveness,
<br>count in scientific judgment
<br>- Inductive risk and moral trust
<br>- Individual as opposed to collective dimension of trust (i.e., can collective
<br>entities be trusted?) and how the distinction relates to policy
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<br>Invited speakers:
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<br>Maya J. Goldenberg (University of Guelph)
<br>Katherine Hawley (University of St Andrews)
<br>Johanna Nurmi (University of Turku)
<br>Judith Simon (University of Hamburg)
<br>Pia Vuolanto (University of Tampere)
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<br>Call for Papers:
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<br>Up to four contributed papers will be accepted for presentation at the
<br>workshop. We invite submission of short abstracts before May 31, 2018. Please
<br>send abstracts of maximum 500 words to "evidenceandexpertise@gmail.com". All
<br>submissions will be notified shortly thereafter.
<br>If you have any question please contact Sofia Blanco Sequeiros at
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