Abstract
[Autom. eng. transl.] The COVID-19 crisis has made institutions and citizens "discover",
but also to scientists and experts, that science is uncertain and that its uncertainties
they are amplified when it is called to inform and guide
laws and policy measures. Moreover, even though it has been themed for at least twenty years
as a likely event to prepare for, the pandemic itself has been reported
as an unpredictable "surprise". In reality, scientific uncertainty
as a normative problem has been discussed for decades in the literature of
science policy and law, but it has been systematically marginalized
as an alleged expression of anti-scientific views.
The following pages illustrate some aspects of the panorama
on uncertainty and report some new territories revealed by the pandemic,
with particular reference to the Italian situation. These are some
forms of scientific-institutional uncertainty, that is to say uncertainties that have arisen
by a lack of institutional awareness of complex interactions
between science, policy and law.
| Translated title of the contribution | [Autom. eng. transl.] . Territories of uncertainty. Science, policy and law in the pandemic |
|---|---|
| Original language | Italian |
| Title of host publication | Il governo dell'emergenza. Politica, scienza e diritto al cospetto della pandemia Covid-19 |
| Editors | M Malvicini |
| Pages | 39-49 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Publication status | Published - 2020 |
Keywords
- COVID-19
- Comitato tecnico-scientifico
- Incertezza scientifica
- delega ai cittadini
- soft law