CONTENTS
Opening Remarks : Challenges for the Social Sciences in the New Millennium / Olafur Ragnar Grimsson = 7
Contribution of Social Sciences to Knowledge and Decision Making : Summary Remarks / OECD Science and Technology Policy Division = 13
Chapter 1. Can the Social Sciences Act as an Agent of Change in Society? An Introduction to the Workshop on the Contribution of Social Sciences to Knowledge and Decision Making / Luk Van Langenhove = 15
Chapter 2. The Contribution of the Social Sciences to Knowledge and Decision Making : Reports of Four Working Groups / Anthony Bartzokas ; Peter Teirlinck ; Bogdan Van Doninck ; Luk Van Langenhove ; Gy o ·· rgy Szell = 23
Chapter 3. Causal Mechanism and Social Practices : What can Social Science Contribute to Social Practice? / Rom Harr e ´ = 35
Chapter 4. Serendipity and Policy Relevance / Marc Renaud = 55
Chapter 5. Ideas, Interests, Institutions : The Contribution of Academia to the Real World / Yves M e ´ ny = 67
Chapter 6. Evidence-based Policy : Taking the Vision Forward / Ron Amann = 73
Chapter 7. Paradoxes of Scientific Advice to Politics / Peter Weingart = 79
Chapter 8. In Praise of Speculation / Arie Rip = 95
Chapter 9. Social Science and Social Policy at a Crossroads / Erik de Gier = 105
Chapter 10. From Science／Policy Interface to Science／Policy／Society Dialogue / Angela Liberatore = 117
Chapter 11. Improving Procedures for Citizen Participation and Stakeholder Involvement / Bernd Kasemir = 129
Chapter 12. Scientific Rationality, Public Values and Democracy : The Failure of Genetically Modified Food and Patenting Debates in the United Kingdom / Ronald Bruce = 135
Chapter 13. Realising the Future : On Collaboration between Policy Makers and Social Scientists to Facilitate Social Change / Nikki R. Slocum = 145
Chapter 14. A Robust Research／Policy Interface : International Migration and Social Transformation in the Asia-Pacific Region / Richard Bedford = 153
Chapter 15. Why are the Social Sciences Left Out of Information Society Policy? / Jean-Claude Burgelman = 163
Chapter 16. The IPTS Futures Project : Between Research and Policy / Ken Ducatel = 169
Chapter 17. Promoting a Dialogue between Research and Policy Making : The ETAN Experience / Nikos Kastrinos = 177
Chapter 18. Improving Communication between Social Sciences and Policy / Ronald J. Pohoryles ; Liana Giorgi = 189
List of Participants = 201
