Expertise on ✻ Trym Nohr Fjørtoft

What drives public acceptance of expert agencies?

Mon, 14 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000

This post is written with Asimina Michailidou and was first published at The Loop. It builds on the findings in our PRX article.

As the Covid-19 pandemic has shown, public acceptance of expert agencies is not a given. Nor is scientific expertise a sufficient precondition for an agency’s public legitimacy. To preserve the credibility of democratic governance that relies increasingly on inputs from independent expert bodies, we must understand the conditions under which an expert agency gains the public’s approval.

The appeal to expertise in Frontex

Fri, 10 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Here’s a blog post I wrote for the TARN blog in 2020. It builds on the same ideas and research as my Regulation & Governance piece.

The refugee crisis and its aftermath

In 2015, many European states experienced a massive influx of migrants and refugees seeking protection within their borders. The European Refugee crisis was a crisis in many respects—first and foremost for the people forced to flee their homes, but also for the institution tasked with managing the EU’s external borders. That institution is Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency.