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  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Department of Political Science
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Michael MacKenzie Co-Authors Piece Arguing for More Open Disagreement Among Scientists in Political Settings

, assistant professor of at the 51精品视频鈥檚 , recently co-authored an analysis piece published in the arguing for more open disagreement and diversity in expertise among scientists in political settings.

MacKenzie聽worked with Alfred Moore from the University of York in the United Kingdom on the piece.聽MacKenzie鈥檚 research focuses on democratic theory, political representation and public engagement among other areas.

The two suggest that scientific experts be allowed to carefully craft messaging rather than having political committee deliberations published to eliminate misinterpretation, have experts vote to form collective judgments, take the selection of relevant experts out of the hands of political leaders and encourage competing groups of experts to contribute to policy debates.