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Cambridge Conversations: Decision-making, politics and expertise
Monday 14 March 2022, 6.30pm to 7.20pm GMT
Photo by UK Parliament Flickr, changes made from the orginial, shorturl.at/bnxBF
Government decision-making is never out of the headlines. The past two years have thrown the relationship between politics and expertise into sharp and difficult relief.
But how do government decisions get made? What are the formal, informal and sometimes enigmatic structures and processes that produce the results? And how do policymakers navigate morally charged and complex phenomena to make fast, effective and necessary decisions?
We consider the ideal blend of facts, evidence, opinion and leadership in a timely conversation with three experts. Professor Dennis Grube, Acting Director of the Bennett Institute for Public Policy will host the event, and will bring together two expert speakers in conversation: Professor John Aston, Harding Professor of Statistics in Public Life and former Home Office Chief Scientific Advisor, and Professor Anna Alexandrova, Professor in Philosophy of Science.
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