Challenges --- I think your points make a lot of sense. What is commonly discussed in the literature on evidence-based policymaking is the phenomenon of 'cherry-picking evidence' based on one's interests/goals/beliefs instead of adopting a more neutral approach. But can a political actor be only driven by science? At the end of the day, science often does not provide normative stances, but rather evidence/technology to enable people to reach their goals. How to resolve this tension?

Source author: Maxime Stauffer Maxime.Stauffer@unige.ch