Scientific advice to an EU system

Occupational Diseases in the EU MCE (Management Centre Europe) Conference Centre, Brussels Tuesday, 3rd & Wednesday, 4th December 2013 Phil Martin, European Commission (philippe.martin@ec.europa.eu)

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Excellence

Independence Transparency

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Characteristics Science/Scientists Policy/Politicians

Focus Assessment Management

Angle Negative: Refutation, falsification (à la Popper), rejection of null hypotheses ("we cannot conclude to…")

Positive: Affirmation, proposal, call for action

Communication Written Spoken

Mode Thinking Doing

MBTI personality types INTJ (Introverted iNtuitive Thinking Judging)

ENFP (Extraverted iNtuitive Feeling Perceiving), ESTJ (Extraverted Sensing Thinking Judging)

Weltanschauung "To understand the world"

"To shape the world"

Conclusion • Excellence vs. independence vs. transparency: Rules

of procedure (Kant) and ethics (Spinoza). • Science vs. advice: Boundaries, levers & fulcrum. • Expertise vs. engagement: Openness, respect, rigor,

transparency, accountability, responsiveness. • Science vs. policy:

“Know the ground, know the natural conditions, And the victory may be total.” (Sun Tzu, The Art of War, Chapter X. “Terrain”)

Conclusion • Excellence vs. independence vs. transparency: Rules

of procedure (Kant) and ethics (Spinoza). • Science vs. advice: Boundaries, levers & fulcrum. • Expertise vs. engagement: Openness, respect, rigor,

transparency, accountability, responsiveness. • Science vs. policy:

“Know the ground, know the natural conditions, And the victory may be total.” (Sun Tzu, The Art of War, Chapter X. “Terrain”)

Conclusion • Excellence vs. independence vs. transparency: Rules

of procedure (Kant) and ethics (Spinoza). • Science vs. advice: Boundaries, levers & fulcrum. • Expertise vs. engagement: Openness, respect, rigor,

transparency, accountability, responsiveness. • Science vs. policy:

“Know the ground, know the natural conditions, And the victory may be total.” (Sun Tzu, The Art of War, Chapter X. “Terrain”)

Conclusion • Excellence vs. independence vs. transparency: Rules

of procedure (Kant) and ethics (Spinoza). • Science vs. advice: Boundaries, levers & fulcrum. • Expertise vs. engagement: Openness, respect, rigor,

transparency, accountability, responsiveness. • Science vs. policy: No "shared position" & “Know the

ground, know the natural conditions, And the victory may be total.” (Sun Tzu, The Art of War, Chapter X “Terrain”)