'The changing role of knowledge in education and health policy across Europe', Brussels, Belgium
23 September 2011 - 23 September 2011
Belgium
An event entitled 'The changing role of knowledge in education and health policy across Europe' will take place on 23 September 2011 in Brussels, Belgium.
In Europe, information and expertise are now both more widely distributed and more readily accessible than ever before. In many ways, knowledge is coming to play a new role in policy. While bureaucratic modes of governance require `established¿ bodies of knowledge to be translated into `vertical¿ regulations; post-bureaucratic modes of governance consist rather in attempting to turn actors¿ autonomy and reflexivity into a means of governing.
The way Europe relates to such new modes of governance is complex, because Europe itself is diverse and comprises different spaces where tensions between bureaucracy and post-bureaucracy play out. This new context challenges both research and policy-making, requiring much greater reflection on the nature of knowledge and its mobilisation in policy.
The event will be sponsored by the EU-funded 'Knowledge and policy in education and health sectors' (Knowandpol) project.For further information, please visit: http://www.knowandpol.eu/index.php?id=16(opens in new window)
In Europe, information and expertise are now both more widely distributed and more readily accessible than ever before. In many ways, knowledge is coming to play a new role in policy. While bureaucratic modes of governance require `established¿ bodies of knowledge to be translated into `vertical¿ regulations; post-bureaucratic modes of governance consist rather in attempting to turn actors¿ autonomy and reflexivity into a means of governing.
The way Europe relates to such new modes of governance is complex, because Europe itself is diverse and comprises different spaces where tensions between bureaucracy and post-bureaucracy play out. This new context challenges both research and policy-making, requiring much greater reflection on the nature of knowledge and its mobilisation in policy.
The event will be sponsored by the EU-funded 'Knowledge and policy in education and health sectors' (Knowandpol) project.For further information, please visit: http://www.knowandpol.eu/index.php?id=16(opens in new window)