The quality of the scientific inputs to the policy process is known to be problematic. No one
can claim “truth” for his results. Nor can uncertainty be banished, but good quality can be …

Well before the coronavirus pandemic, statisticians were debating how to prevent malpractice
such as p-hacking, particularly when it could influence policy 1. Now, computer modelling …

Science is continually confronted by new and difficult social and ethical problems. Some of
these problems have arisen from the transformation of the academic science of the prewar …

One of the very valuable features of Ecological Economics is its provision for publications
under the rubric ‘Commentary’. In that way, essays which are not research in the strictest sense …

The extreme uncertainty of the methods used to address the disturbed global environment
limits the application of traditional scientific methodologies to current problems. The use of …

In response to the challenges of policy issues of risk and the environment, a new type of
science-‘post-normal’-is emerging. This is analysed in contrast to traditional problem-solving …

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Complex systems are becoming the focus of important innovative research and application
in many areas, reflecting the progressive displacement of classical physics and the …

Few will still doubt that our modern technological culture has reached a turning point, and
that it must change drastically if we are to manage our environmental problems. It may not yet …

Despite all our research, a truthful response to questions such as "What's going to happen
to the biosphere? " will most often be "We don't know, and we won't know." We go on to …