Science, Numbers and Politics

Markus J. Prutsch is Senior Investigator and Administrator at the European Parliament, and a fellow of both the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Heidelberg University, Germany. He studied history and political science in Austria and Germany, and was a researcher at the European University Institute and the University of Helsinki, Finland. His work has been awarded on several occasions.

• 1. Working Numbers – Introductory Remarks: Markus J. Prutsch.- 2. Historical Genesis of the Relation between Science, Numbers, and Politics – Section I Introduction: Kelly L. Grotke, Stephen Hastings-King.- 3. “Lies, damned lies and state-istics”: counting “real inhabitants” in the census (Belgium, 1846-1947): Kaat Louckx.- 4. “What Use is it in the Long Run to Resist Something that is Bound to Happen Anyway?” the Statistical Mind Settling in 19th C. Politics: Ida H. Stamhuis.- 5. Science, numbers, and colonialism in the African Great Lakes, 1820-1910: Axel Utz.- 6. The emergence of a global economic order - From scientific internationalism to infrastructural globalism: Anat Leibler.- 7. Politics and Science Today. Section II Introduction: Kathrine von Graevenitz, Georg von Graevenitz.- 8. Politics and Policies of Statistics Independence: Jean-Guy Prévost.- 9. Measuring, Modeling, Controlling the Climate? Numerical Expertise in U.S. Climate Engineering Politics: Julia Schubert.- 10. What Counts in the Politics of Climate Change? Science, Scepticism and Emblematic Numbers: Amanda Machin, Alexander Ruser.- 11. Kings and Indicators - Options for Governing without Numbers: Wolfgang Drechsler.- 12. European and International Education Policies: Lars Lehmann, Markus J. Prutsch.- 13. Higher Purpose and Economic Reason. An essay concerning the role of numbers as guide values of European education policy: Jörg J. Dötsch.- 14. Standardizing the Context and Contextualizing the Standard - Translating PISA into PISA-D: Radhika Gorur, Estrid Sørensen, Bryan Maddox.- 15. "Let's Talk Numbers” - Parliamentary Research in Educational Affairs in Light of Political Demand for Quantification – The Knesset in Comparative Perspective: Yuval Vurgan.- 16. Science, Numbers and Politics – Concluding Comments: Lars Lehmann, Markus J. Prutsch.