Public involvement is key for policy development and revision. Governments undertake public consultation exercises to fulfil policy objectives ranging from information-sharing and increasing public acceptance to engaging in bi-lateral partnerships and power-sharing agreements (Doberstein, 2022; Health Canada, 2001). Public consultations can increase the perceived legitimacy of public decisions, build trust in institutions, and ensure that […]
News: Public Policy & Decision-Making
New Paper: Information, Public Decision Making, and Climate Change: The Many Roles of Grey Literature
Today, the volume of information about the far-reaching effects of climate change is massive and growing. Following the discovery in the early decades of the twentieth century that rising global temperatures were primarily caused by carbon dioxide emissions, the number of publications on climate subjects rapidly spiralled upward, particularly since 2000. These publications could aid […]
Understanding Science-Policy Interfaces
While at first glance, the relationship between science and policy may seem simple, it is multi-directional and complex. This complex set of relationships between science and policy is known as the science-policy interface (SPI). Sybille van den Hove defined an SPI as “social processes which encompass relations between scientists and other actors in the policy […]
Information Science Public Lecture on Open Science
As increasing attention is being paid to implementing Open Science globally, the Environmental Information: Use and Influence research program is pleased to co-sponsor the upcoming Information Science Public Lecture on this subject. Co-sponsored by the Dalhousie University Office of the Vice President-Research and Innovation, the Dalhousie University Libraries, the Faculties of Arts and Social […]