Jeroen P. Van der Sluijs

Professor, Theory of Science & Ethics of the Natural Sciences

Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities

E-mailJeroen.Sluijs@uib.no
Phone+47 55 58 27 95
Visitor Address
Parkveien 9

Postboks 7805

5020 Bergen

Room
2nd floor (room 205)
Postal Address
Postboks 7805

5020 BERGEN

My research seeks to increase our understanding of the phenomenon and dynamics of scientific controversy on contemporary old, new and emerging environmental and health risks.

I work or have worked on contested science in the fields of climate change, pollinator decline, fish stock assessments, endocrine disruptors, elcetromagnetic fields, nanoparticles, underground storage of CO2, risk migration in sustainable technologies.

Read the book "Science on the Verge" of which Van Der Sluijs is one of the authors.

Read the report "Making Sense of Science for Policy under Conditions of Uncertainty and Complexity"

Check out the presentation from the lecture Responsible Evidence Appraisal (24 August 2016)

Online open course in Knowledge Quality Assessment (hint: click the blue [+] in front of each main lesson to see sub-lessons)

UiB article: How can we make good decisions when experts lack the answers?

EU Ban on Neonics: Too Little, Too Late (invited opinion article in Green European Journal)

Interview in Morgenbladet on Post Normal Science: Fakta, faen (in Norwegian) (23 Sept 2016)

We live in times of science on demand: an interview with Jeroen van der Sluijs

Putting scientific facts under the magnifying glass

Pollinators and Global Food Security: the Need for Holistic Global Stewardship

Room for climate debate: Perspectives on the interaction between climate politics, science and the media

Uncertainty and Dissent in Climate Risk Assessment: A Post-Normal Perspective

MNF990 Theory of Science and Ethics (formerly known as MNF490!)

Here is the schedule for the fall 2020 semester.

Van der Sluijs at:

Van der Sluijs is associate professor at Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Van der Sluijs is also visiting professor at Coöperatieve Universiteit Amersfoort (a citizen science initiative).

PI of Bergen team in RECIPES REconciling sCience, Innovation and Precaution through the Engagement of Stakeholders (H2020 Swafs) [2019-2021]

PI of Bergen team in CoCliServ Co-development of place-based climate services for action (JPI Climate ERA 4CS) [2017-2020] (Spin-off of UC4A!)

Mainstreaming Sensitivity Analysis and Uncertainty Auditing (Peder Sather Grant) [July 2017 - June 2018] (with Philip Stark, UC Berkeley; Andrea Saltelli UiB and Leif Hellevik, NTNU)

Partner in PARENT, Participatory platform for sustainable energy management (EU JPI Urban Europe) [March 2016 - February 2019]

Go Figure: Visualizing Climate Change (FIGO) (SAMKUL Researcher Network)

HEIRRI Higher Education Institutions & Responsible Research and Innovation

ELSA of SALMOSTERILE

Finalized projects:

EPINET (FP7)

PI of UC4A [Understanding Cultural Conditions for Climate Change Adaptation] (SAMKUL Researcher Network, Norwegian Research Council) [2015-2016]

Fields of competence

Knowledge Quality Assessment

New and Emerging Risks

Uncertainty Assessment

Research groups

Research Group Theory of science

Documents

Conservation of misery lecture

Making Sense of Science presentation, Oslo, 4 Nov 2019

Uncertainty, risk, precaution - science for policy under complexity (EEA Webinar Drivers of Change, 30 June 2020)

Twitter

Tweets by @Jeroen_vdSluijs

Drivers of change, risks and opportunities: navigating an uncertain and complex world

On the occasion of their recently published report, the European Environment Agency (EEA) has organised a webinar where Centre for the Study of the Sciences and Humanities (SVT) professor Jeroen van der Sluijs is keynote speaker and SVT professor II Silvio Funtowicz is a panel participant.

How can we make good decisions when experts lack the answers?

– Covid-19 has shown that we need a new debate about decision-making in crises when the scientific answers are not yet available. Numbers and calculations are insufficient when it comes to handling the worldwide crisis that the pandemic has triggered, says Professor Jeroen Van der Sluijs.

RECIPES

RECIPES aims to reconcile innovation and precaution to foster social awareness and responsibility in the EU in research and innovation.

Uncertainty and Dissent in Climate Risk Assessment: A Post-Normal Perspective

Uncertainty, complexity and dissent make climate change hard to tackle with normal scientific procedures. At this seminar, Professor Jeroen van der Sluijs gives an introduction to the post-normal perspective on climate change.

Putting scientific facts under the magnifying glass

Jeroen van der Sluijs studies the use of scientific facts in policy making. He is now in the final round in the competition of becoming a Norwegian Centre of Excellence (SFF).

Science for Policy: Post-Normal Science in Practice

In honor of our new professor Jeroen Van Der Sluijs, The Centre for the Study of the Sciences and Humanities, at the University of Bergen announces the mini-symposium:"Science for Policy: Post-Normal Science in practice"