@article{2022:bogner:what_can_s,
title = {What can science do in the face of pandemics?},
year = {2022},
note = {In 2020, the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) publicly announced a
prize question: “What can science do in the face of pandemics?”
(2021). For this journal article the prize-winning essay submitted by
the author was translated, updated and - thanks to helpful reviewer
comments - revised. Science, it is argued, has different roles in
times of crisis: First of all, it must educate about the (changing)
crisis situation and provide as robust data, studies and facts as
possible. In order to stabilize public trust in science, it is also
necessary to provide the public an insight into the logic of
scientific knowledge production and related uncertainties and
insufficiencies. Last but not least, science has to educate about the
limits of its own responsibility and authority. This means that the
basic difference between science and politics should not be blurred.
Especially in times of crisis, when the political value of science is
particularly evident, science should avoid the impression that it can
replace political decision-making thanks to its findings.},
journal = {Culture, Practice & Europeanization},
pages = {122--135},
author = {Bogner, Alexander},
volume = {7},
number = {1}
}