• Asymmetry, disagreement and biases: epistemic worries about expertise 

      Holst, Cathrine; Molander, Anders (Social Epistemology;Volume 32, 2018 - Issue 6: Expertise and Expert Knowledge, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-12-03)
      This paper contributes to an on-going exchange in political theory on the normative legitimacy of expert bodies. It focuses on epistemic worries about the expertization of politics, and uses the Nordic system of advisory ...
    • Bedre trygghet i kollektivtransporten 

      Hilsen, Anne Inga; Holst, Cathrine; Katrine S. Hanssen (Research report, 2003)
      Vold, trusler og ran er et økende problem innen kollektivtransporten. Myndighetene og arbeidslivets organisasjoner er opptatt av at reisende med kollektivtransport skal føle seg trygge, og at de som arbeider i transportsektoren ...
    • Bedre trygghet i kollektivtransporten 

      Hilsen, Anne Inga; Holst, Cathrine; Hanssen, Katrine S. (Research report, 2003)
      Vold, trusler og ran er et økende problem innen kollektivtransporten. Myndighetene og arbeidslivets organisasjoner er opptatt av at reisende med kollektivtransport skal føle seg trygge, og at de som arbeider i transportsektoren ...
    • Epistemic democracy and the role of experts 

      Holst, Cathrine; Molander, Anders (Contemporary Political Theory;December 2019, Volume 18, Issue 4, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-01-01)
      Epistemic democrats are rightly concerned with the quality of outcomes and judge democratic procedures in terms of their ability to ‘track the truth’. However, their impetus to assess ‘rule by experts’ and ‘rule by the ...
    • Epistemic Worries about Economic Expertise 

      Holst, Cathrine; Molander, Anders (Towards a Segmented European Political Order. The European Union's Post-crises Conundrum;, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2019-11-21)
      The focus of the chapter will be on this epistemic worry. We show that the substantive involvement of economic experts in policy-making raises some real epistemic concerns. However, we move beyond the uneasiness that many ...
    • Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Discourse. Examining a justificatory strategy 

      Molander, Anders; Holst, Cathrine (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2009)
      Article 19 of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights states that “Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and ...
    • Public deliberation and the fact of expertise: making experts accountable 

      Holst, Cathrine; Molander, Anders (Social Epistemology;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      This paper discusses the conditions for legitimate expert arrangements within a democratic order and from a deliberative systems approach. It is argued that standard objections against the political role of experts are ...
    • Responding to Crises—Worries About Expertization 

      Holst, Cathrine; Molander, Anders (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2020-12-22)
      The chapter discusses challenges arising from the growing role of experts and expert knowledge in policymaking. It identifies a series of distinguishable epistemic and democratic worries about “expertization.” Examples are ...