Knowledge and policy: Key statements

1. Knowledge and policy:Key statements KNOWandPOL Eric Mangez

2. The role of knowledge in the construction of education and health policy across Europe www.KNOWandPOL.eu

3. Knowledge and Policy:Key Statements • The European discourse about knowledge • Key statements • There is no simple way • Knowledge / evidence is never neutral • Europe / world of ‘knowledges’ • Policy as knowledge

4. The Europeandiscouse about knowledge Knowledge as a key for Europe

5. Knowledge as a key for the economy “In the new rules of wealth creation economic prosperity will depend on nations and companies being able to exploit the skills, knowledge and insights of workers” (Brown, Lauder 1997)

6. Knowledge as a key to the policy process EU institutions and actors often stress “the need to use evidence-based policy, including robust evaluation instruments to identify which reforms and practice are the most effective and to implement them successfully”(2007) They argue for “more knowledge-based policy and practice” (2008)

7. A demand for knowledge A strong demand for increasing the role of knowledge in the economy and in the policy process • Knowledgeeconomy • Governingwithknowledge

8. A demand for knowledge

11. The knowledge – policy relationship: key statements

12. 1 There is no simple way

13. There is no simple way There is no simple evidence Evidence is disputed. Sometimes contradictory. Always diverse.

14. 2 Knowledge / evidence is never neutral

15. Evidence / knowledge is never neureal Ways of knowing are ‘political’ Ways of knowing are ways of constructing the future

16. 3 Europe / world of ‘knowledges’

17. Europe / world of ‘knowledges’ Europe is not an easy thing to understand Knowledge as socially constructed Each context is specific Knowledge regimes, local knowledge cultures, knowledge path dependency It is about who we are

19. Europe / world of ‘knowledges’ Europe is not an easy thing to understand Knowledge as socially constructed Each context is specific Knowledge regimes, local knowledge cultures, knowledge path dependency It is about who we are

20. 4 Knowledge as policy

21. Knowledge as policy Knowledge as a policy instrument in its own right Knowledge-based regulation tool A specific kind of knowledge: simplified, comparative, normative, positive, … Governing tools in the hands of non governmental actors

22. Thankyou

24. The Knowledge and Policy Final Conference Brussels, 23 September2011