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In the Name of Cybersecurity : A Qualitative Analysis on Scientific Policy Advice on Cybersecurity in the European Union

Hüttenhein, Majbrit Luisa (2022) In the Name of Cybersecurity : A Qualitative Analysis on Scientific Policy Advice on Cybersecurity in the European Union.

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Abstract:This bachelor thesis analyzes the Scientific Opinion given by the High Level Group of Chief Scientific Advisors of the EU to the European Commission on cybersecurity to examine whether the scientific advice was “good” scientific policy advice in the sense of the framework provided by Carrier (2022). Four criteria developed by Carrier are analyzed, which deal mainly with the role of non-epistemic values in scientific advice (i.e. presence of non-epistemic values, fact-value distinction, creation of policy packages, presentation of adequate alternatives). These lead in short to three possible hypotheses: H1: The advice is good – it met all four criteria; H2: The advice was reasonably adequate – it met three out of four criteria; H3: The advice was bad – it met only two or less criteria. The methodological approach of this thesis is a qualitative content analysis that relies on coding. The documents in focus are the Scientific Opinion itself, added on by whitepapers that were taken into account, and critical literature concerning cybersecurity as the third source of evidence. The analysis showed that the Scientific Opinion meets three out of four criteria, therefore H1 and H3 can be rejected. The Opinion shows deficits in the fact-value distinction especially regarding economic values, which tend to be implicitly incorporate in scientific evidence.
Item Type:Essay (Bachelor)
Faculty:BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences
Subject:89 political science
Programme:Management Society and Technology BSc (56654)
Link to this item:https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/91866
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