About the project
Experts are seemingly everywhere nowadays, providing advice on everything from economic policy to climate change and the pandemic response. But to what extent do experts actually influence public policies? What are the implications of expert influence for democracy and good governance?
The project tackles these questions head-on using innovative methods and combining perspectives from the social sciences and philosophy.
Project aims
INFLUEX aims to map, analyze and assess the influence of experts on public policy and debate. This will be done through empirical studies of the policy influence of expert bureaucracies, advisory commissions, international expert bodies and citizen experts.
To identify expert influence, the project draws on new methodological approaches such as citation analysis and ‘plagiarism’ analysis. INFLUEX also examines the question of how much influence experts ought to have in a democracy, taking into account both the epistemic quality of policies and democratic concerns.
See the project page at the University of Oslo.
Cooperation
- Leiden University
- Institute for Social Research, Oslo
- University of Mainz
- Aarhus University
Privacy
This project processes personal data. ISF is the data processor for University of Oslo, and a data processing agreement has been signed. For questions regarding the processing of personal data in this project, please contact the project manager.
