The Contested Autonomy of Policy Advisory Bodies: The Trade-off Between Autonomy and Control of Policy Advisory Bodies in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and Sweden

Political and administrative control of expert groups—A mixed‐methods study

“…1 While such bodies are mandated by, designed by and report to government, they also include external experts-such as academics and researchers-whose primary organizational affiliation and socialization is outside of the permanent government structures. As such, expert groups and commissions are neither clearly positioned inside nor outside the administration (Bressers et al, 2017(Bressers et al, , p. 1190.…”

Governing plastic pollution in the oceans: Institutional challenges and areas for action

“…More extensively, Quirion et al (2016: 2) define science advice as 'the process, structures and institutions through which governments and decision makers receive and consider science and technology inputs to public policy development'. Governments and other organisations use several institutional arrangements to base policy decisions on the best available science (Bressers et al 2018;Kenny et al 2017): science advice is delivered by advisory councils, advisory committees, scientific panels, technical advisory groups, etc. Despite the different names, they all constitute bodies where individuals and organisations with relevant expertise provide scientific evidence to decision-makers for the purpose of making public decisions (Glynn et al 2003;Groux et al 2018).…”

Design and learning effects of China’s expert advisory committees1

“…Public advisory bodies (PABs) provide policy-relevant knowledge, evidence, and critical advice to policymakers for quality and legitimacy of government decision-making (Bressers et al 2018;Weimer 2010;OECD 2017). It is also an important form of public participation by expert and laypersons in Western democratic countries (Lavertu, Walters, and David 2011;Krick 2015;Rasmussen and Gross 2015).…”