@article{HodgesCaperchionevanHeldenetal.2022,
  author    = {Hodges, Ron and Caperchione, Eugenio and van Helden, Jan and Reichard, Christoph and Sorrentino, Daniela},
  title     = {The role of scientific expertise in COVID-19 policy-making},
  series = {Public organization review},
  volume    = {22},
  journal   = {Public organization review},
  number    = {2},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {New York},
  issn      = {1566-7170},
  doi       = {10.1007/s11115-022-00614-z},
  pages     = {249 -- 267},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {Immense uncertainty and the need for drastic interventions cause politicians to rely heavily on scientific advice for underpinning or legitimating their COVID-19 decision-making. This paper explores the role of scientific advice in this policy field in Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and the UK. It shows that scientific advice is based on the disciplinary, mainly medical, backgrounds of advisors but is also influenced by social and economic values, which are core to what politicians find important. During the pandemic a growing gap between scientific advice and political decisions is observed.},
  language  = {en}
}