"How do science and technology change when the borders to politics and the public become more permeable? Bogner from the Institute of Technology Assessment at the Austrian Academy of Sciences has been working on this question for more than 20 years. Most recently with a view to processes of understanding in the Corona crisis", Die Presse writes in their presentation of Bogner.

Crises need both - politics and science

Scientific advice should enable policymakers to make informed and autonomous decisions, is one of Bogner's core principles. In early 2023, he was instrumental in formulating the Vienna Theses - a manual for successful scientific policy advice. In his latest book, "The Epistemization of the Political. How the Power of Knowledge Endangers Democracy" (Reclam, 2021), he also took a close look at the role of policy advice in times of crisis, especially in the Corona pandemic .

"Evidence-based policy means that science should ensure that policymakers are not relieved of all burdens of justification. Politicians, for their part, should explain why they decided to take which measures based on which considerations," Bogner summarized in an interview with Austrian radio station OE1 on the occasion of the publication of the Vienna Theses.

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