Eva Krick - Expertise and Participation: Institutional Designs for Policy Development in Europe

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This book has taken shape at the University of Oslos ARENA Centre for European Studies, where I enjoyed outstanding working conditions and was part of a lively and inspiring academic debate. I am very grateful for that and want to thank everyone at ARENA!

Some people stand out: I collaborated particularly closely with Cathrine Holst within the research project EUREX. Thanks to Cathrines broad academic ken, her energy, integrity and generosity, this collaboration has been the most inspiring and motivating experience of my academic life. se Gornitzka brought me to ARENA in the first place and together we have co-authored several studies on questions of expertise and knowledge in European policy-making. Stine Hesstvedt has become a cherished discussion partner on a wide range of political and academic questions and I am indebted for the smart and honest comments she provided to several of my drafts. I would also like to thank Johan Christensen for an exceedingly rewarding co-authorship, his general kindness, support and optimism and many interesting debates. I am also very grateful to Johan P. Olsen for thought-provoking feedback on my work. He has a better memory, overview and analytical mind than any of us and discussions with him have been a real privilege.

Two research stays during the last years have been essential sources of input and energy. I would like to thank in particular Marc Geddes, Kat Smith, Eugenia Rodrigues and Steve Yearly at the University of Edinburghs SKAPE Centre of science, knowledge and policy and Peter Munk Christiansen and Fabio Wolkenstein at the University of Aarhuss Centre of public leadership for providing feedback on my work and for hosting and integrating me. It is very much appreciated.

For different kinds of support during the last years I am grateful to a large range of people. This applies especially to shild Nss, Ida Hjelmesth, John Erik Fossum, Asimina Michailidou, Morten Egeberg, Christopher Lord, Johanne Dhlie Saltnes, Julia von Blumenthal, Holger Straheim, Matthew Wood, Vera Krick and, of course, Lars Leeten.

This work would not have been possible without the generous funding by the German Research Council (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) and the Norwegian Research Council (Forskningsrdet).

Kricks book provides the reader with a rare combination of an intelligent probe into the fundamental problem of the theory of democracy how to reconcile democratic participation and reliable expertise and meticulous empirical case studies of three exemplary exercises in public participation. The result is an unusually sophisticated analysis which does not shy away from practical conclusions.

Prof. em. Peter Weingart, University of Bielefeld

Making public policy that combines expert advice and public input is no easy task. Eva Kricks accessible and judicious book is full of insights on why it is so difficult, and how complex democratic societies can do better. Drawing on original empirical research, Krick develops nuanced lessons for the design of participatory expert advisory processes. The book offers an original and important contribution to democratic theory, policy studies, science studies, and related fields.

Prof. Mark B. Brown, California State University, Sacramento

Kricks investigations illuminate the much-underestimated importance of hybrid policy advice bodies for democratic governance. Her grounded approach to institutional design is genuinely original, and truly advances our understanding of how experts, citizens and stakeholders (should) interact.