All Outputs (6)

Using large text news archives for the analysis of climate change discourse: some methodological observations (2021)
Journal Article
Grundmann, R. (2022). Using large text news archives for the analysis of climate change discourse: some methodological observations. Journal of Risk Research, 25(3), 395-406. https://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2021.1894471

This paper explores the contribution of software-based tools that are increasingly used for the semi-automated analysis of large volumes of text, especially Topic Modelling and Corpus Linguistics. These tools highlight the potential of getting intere... Read More about Using large text news archives for the analysis of climate change discourse: some methodological observations.

The rightful place of expertise (2018)
Journal Article
Grundmann, R. (2018). The rightful place of expertise. Social Epistemology, 32(6), 372-386. https://doi.org/10.1080/02691728.2018.1546347

Expertise has come under attack not least since the Brexit vote in the UK and Donald Trump’s election as President of the United States. In this contribution, I will provide some conceptual clarification and suggest a new topology of expertise. I wil... Read More about The rightful place of expertise.

Ozone and climate governance: an implausible path dependence (2018)
Journal Article
Grundmann, R. (2018). Ozone and climate governance: an implausible path dependence. Comptes Rendus Géoscience, 350(7), 435-441. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crte.2018.07.008

Many observers and commentators have used the case of ozone science and politics as a role model for climate science and politics. Two crucial assumptions underpin this view: (1) that science drives policymaking, and (2) that a unified, international... Read More about Ozone and climate governance: an implausible path dependence.

A reply to Cook and Oreskes on climate science consensus messaging (2017)
Journal Article
Pearce, W., Grundmann, R., Hulme, M., Raman, S., Hadley Kershaw, E., & Tsouvalis, J. (in press). A reply to Cook and Oreskes on climate science consensus messaging. Environmental Communication, 11(6), https://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2017.1392109

Beyond counting climate consensus (2017)
Journal Article
Pearce, W., Grundmann, R., Hulme, M., Raman, S., Hadley Kershaw, E., & Tsouvalis, J. (2017). Beyond counting climate consensus. Environmental Communication, 11(6), 723-730. https://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2017.1333965

Several studies have been using quantified consensus within climate science as an argument to foster climate policy. Recent efforts to communicate such scientific consensus attained a high public profile but it is doubtful if they can be regarded suc... Read More about Beyond counting climate consensus.

The problem of expertise in knowledge societies (2016)
Journal Article
Grundmann, R. (in press). The problem of expertise in knowledge societies. Minerva, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11024-016-9308-7

This paper puts forward a theoretical framework for the analysis of expertise and experts in contemporary societies. It argues that while prevailing approaches have come to see expertise in various forms and functions, they tend to neglect the broade... Read More about The problem of expertise in knowledge societies.