Technical knowledge,discursive spaces and politics at the science–policy interface |
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| Institution: | 1. Sustainability Research Institute, University of Leeds, United Kingdom;2. Centre for Development Innovation, Wageningen University and Research Centre, The Netherlands;3. Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, University of Twente, The Netherlands;4. Forest and Nature Conservation Policy Group, Wageningen University and Research Centre, The Netherlands;1. Fundação Estadual do Meio Ambiente—FEAM, Gerência de Energia e Mudanças Climáticas, Rod. Prefeito Américo Giannetti, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil;2. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais—UFMG, Laboratório de Gestão de Serviços Ambientais—LAGESA, Av. Presidente Antônio Carlos, 6627 Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil;3. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais—UFMG, Centro de Sensoriamento Remoto—CSR, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627 Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil;1. PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, Bezuidenhoutseweg 30, 2594 AV, The Hague, The Netherlands;2. Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;3. Bilderdijklaan 62, 3723 DD Bilthoven, The Netherlands;1. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Washington, DC 20006, USA;2. Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change, 10829 Berlin, Germany;3. Hertie School of Governance, 10117 Berlin, Germany;1. School of Social and Political Sciences and Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia;2. Monash Sustainability Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia;3. Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada;1. School of Social Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3800, Australia;2. Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3800, Australia;3. Department of Political Science, School of Social Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia;1. Andalusian Centre for the Assessment and Monitoring of Global Change, University of Almería, Ctra. Sacramento s/n, 04120 Almería, Spain;2. Oklahoma Biological Survey, University of Oklahoma, 111 E Chesapeake Street, Norman, OK 73019, USA;3. Department of Biology and Geology, University of Almería, Ctra. Sacramento s/n, 04120 Almería, Spain |
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| Abstract: | This special issue contributes to a better understanding of science–policy interactions in environmental governance, by assembling studies based on interpretative policy analysis. We introduce the theory and use of interpretative approaches in the analysis of science–policy interactions and draw on Stone's Policy Paradox (2002) to demonstrate how policy discourses are constituted by expertise but also by interests and rhetoric. This enables us to show how policy discourses are shaped by, but also shape their environment, especially when they become dominant and suppress alternative discourses and related knowledge claims and governance practices. In particular, we highlight the role of scientific and other technical expertise in the establishment and interpretation of policy discourses in different settings and argue that current environmental policy discourses afford considerable space for science and expertise to calculate the state of the environment, evaluate the sustainability of policies and forge solutions for green economic growth. In the conclusion we underscore the importance of reflexivity on the part of scientists working at the science–policy interface regarding the political choices implicit in the policy discourses they both work within and help to establish. |
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