Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: Knowledge brokers, usually conceptualized as passive intermediaries between scientists and policymakers in evidence-based policymaking, are understudied in the philosophy of science. Here, we challenge that usual conceptualization. As agents in their own right, knowledge brokers have their own goals and incentives, which complicate the effects of their presence at the science–policy interface.We illustrate this in an agent-based model and suggest several avenues for further exploration of the role of knowledge brokers in evidence-based policy.
Source: Philosophy of Science
Institutions: University of Missouri, London School of Economics and Political Science, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Instituto Patagonico para el Estudio de los Ecosistemas Continentales, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Murdoch University, Lincoln University, Leibniz Association, ARL - Academy for Spatial Development in the Leibniz Association, University of Konstanz, University of Johannesburg, Instituto de Biología de Organismos Marinos, University of Lagos, University of Groningen, Griffith University, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Academia Sinica
Language: English
Subfield: Information Systems and Management
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Funders: National Science Foundation, University of Missouri, University of Pittsburgh, Volkswagen Foundation, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, Universität Bielefeld, Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Forschung, Universität Bielefeld
OpenAlex ID: W7169553209
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