Articles for a Special Issue of Public Organization Review (POR) on the Scientization of Public Decision-Making Processes – the Relevance for the Handling of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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The scientization of public decision-making processes are nothing new, but seems to have intensified during the last decade. Actors that convey scientifically based knowledge are emerging. Higher education institutions have changed because professions and semi-professions would like to be made more academic through longer educations, new degrees and higher prestige. Public organizations may develop their own research units, like in central banks. Policy advice in diverse decision-making processes has also become more scientifically oriented, for example through more scientists represented in public committees or as close advisors to political executives. And, there are more and more talks about ‘evidence-based’ policies and decisions, for example in education policy, health and social policy, environmental policy, etc. …