A model of faulty and faultless disagreement for post-hoc assessments of knowledge utilization in evidence-based policymaking

Heesen, Remco ORCID: 0000-0003-3823-944X, Rubin, Hannah, Schneider, Mike D., Woolaston, Katie, Bortolus, Alejandro, Chukwu, Emelda E., Kaufer, Ricardo, Mitova, Veli, Schwenkenbecher, Anne, Schwindt, Evangelina, Slanickova, Helena, Sogbanmu, Temitope O. and Hewitt, Chad L. (2024) A model of faulty and faultless disagreement for post-hoc assessments of knowledge utilization in evidence-based policymaking. Scientific Reports, 14. ISSN 2045-2322

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Abstract

When evidence‑based policymaking is so often mired in disagreement and controversy, how can we know if the process is meeting its stated goals? We develop a novel mathematical model to study disagreements about adequate knowledge utilization, like those regarding wild horse culling, shark drumlines and facemask policies during pandemics. We find that, when stakeholders disagree, it is frequently impossible to tell whether any party is at fault. We demonstrate the need for a distinctive kind of transparency in evidence‑based policymaking, which we call transparency of reasoning. Such transparency is critical to the success of the evidence‑based policy movement, as without it, we will be unable to tell whether in any instance a policy was in fact based on evidence.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	© 2024 The Author(s)
Divisions:	Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) H Social Sciences
Date Deposited:	05 Aug 2024 13:48
Last Modified:	12 Dec 2024 04:24
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/124471

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