Some reflections are offered on challenges and opportunities for the JRC as a ‘boundary
organisation’ between science and policy, at a time of increased complexity and polarisation and
decreased trust in scientific enterprise. Some specific threats are identified in relation to the key
role played by the JRC in the practice of front-line policy support. JRC is identified as a
potentially relevant player to improve the quality of evidence feeding into the policy process. To
achieve this potential, the JRC must develop in-house cultures and styles of reflexivity and
humility, adopt more participatory styles of science co-production, and become confident enough
of its role that it can dare to say ‘the emperor is naked’ whenever EU institutions appear to be in
need of such a call.
SALTELLI Andrea;
MARTINHO GUIMARAES PIRES PEREIRA Angela;
2014-10-20
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC91736
978-92-79-40508-2,
1831-9424,
EUR 26838,
OP LB-NA-26838-EN-N,
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC91736,
10.2788/14832,
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