Gil Eyal is Professor of Sociology at Columbia University. His research focuses on various types of expertise, as well as the sociological theory of expertise, lay expertise and the politics of expertise. He is the author of The Crisis of Expertise (2019), The Autism Matrix (2010) and The Disenchantment of the Orient (2006). He has also published various articles on intellectuals, experts, and expertise in Theory and Society, BioSocieties, the Annual Review of Sociology, Sociological Theory, and the American Journal of Sociology. Thomas Medvetz is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, San Diego. His research focuses on the political role of experts, professionals, and intellectuals in modern societies. He is the author of Think Tanks in America (2012), a book based on his study of the history and impact of think tanks in the United States. He has also written or co-written academic articles about public intellectualismand the contemporary American conservative movement. His work has appeared in journals such as Actes de la Recherche en Sciences Sociales, the Annual Review of Sociology, Politics & Society, Public Culture, and Qualitative Sociology.

• 1. Introduction Gil Eyal and Thomas Medvetz Part I. The Fraught Relations between Expertise and Democracy 2. Trust and Distrust of Scientific Experts and the Challenges of the Democratization of Science Peter Weingart 3. The Third Wave and Populism: Scientific Expertise as a Check and Balance Harry Collins, Robert Evans, Darrin Durant, and Martin Weinel 4. The Meaning and Significance of Lay Expertise Steven Epstein 5. On the Multiplicity of Lay Expertise: An Empirical and Analytical Overview of Patient Associations' Achievements and Challenges Madeleine Akrich and Vololona Rabeharisoa 6. The Political Climate and Climate Politics-Expert Knowledge and Democracy Nico Stehr and Alexander Ruser Part II. Trust 7. Mistrust of Experts by Populists and Politicians Robert P. Crease 8. A Regulatory State of Exception Andrew Lakoff Part III. Objectivity 9. Experts in Law Tal Golan 10. Institutions of Expert Judgment: The Production and Use of Objectivity in Public Expertise Brice Laurent 11. Expertise and Complex Organizations Stephen Turner 12. Data and Expertise: Some Unanticipated Outcomes Theodore M. Porter and Wendy Nelson Espeland 13. Experts in the Regulation of Technology and Risk: An Ecological Perspective on Regulatory Science David Demortain 14. Expert Power and the Classification of Human Difference Daniel Navon Part IV. Jurisdictional Struggles15.Battle of the Experts: The Strange Career of Meta-Expertise Frank Pasquale 16. Gender and Economic Governance Expertise Maria J. Azocar 17. Field Theory and Expertise: Analytical Approaches and the Question of Autonomy Zachary Griffen and Aaron Panofsky Part V. Making the Future Present 18. Addressing the Risk Paradox: Exploring the Demand Requirements around Risk and Uncertainty and the Supply Side Limitations of Calculative Practices Denis Fischbacher-Smith 19. Expertise and the State: From Planning to Future Research Jenny Andersson Part VI. The Transformation and Persistence of Professions 20. Professional Authority Ruthanne Huising 21. The Postindustrial Limits of Professionalization Paul Starr 22. (In)expertise and the Paradox of Therapeutic Governance E. Summerson Carr Part VII. New Media and Expertise 23. The Social Distribution of the Public Recognition of Expertise Jakob Arnoldi 24. Media Metacommentary, Mediatization, and the Instability of Expertise Eleanor Townsley

Gil Eyal is Professor of Sociology at Columbia University. His research focuses on various types of expertise, as well as the sociological theory of expertise, lay expertise and the politics of expertise. He is the author of The Crisis of Expertise (2019), The Autism Matrix (2010) and The Disenchantment of the Orient (2006). He has also published various articles on intellectuals, experts, and expertise in Theory and Society, BioSocieties, the Annual Review of Sociology, Sociological Theory, and the American Journal of Sociology. Thomas Medvetz is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, San Diego. His research focuses on the political role of experts, professionals, and intellectuals in modern societies. He is the author of Think Tanks in America (2012), a book based on his study of the history and impact of think tanks in the United States. He has also written or co-written academic articles about public intellectualismand the contemporary American conservative movement. His work has appeared in journals such as Actes de la Recherche en Sciences Sociales, the Annual Review of Sociology, Politics & Society, Public Culture, and Qualitative Sociology.

• 1. Introduction Gil Eyal and Thomas Medvetz Part I. The Fraught Relations between Expertise and Democracy 2. Trust and Distrust of Scientific Experts and the Challenges of the Democratization of Science Peter Weingart 3. The Third Wave and Populism: Scientific Expertise as a Check and Balance Harry Collins, Robert Evans, Darrin Durant, and Martin Weinel 4. The Meaning and Significance of Lay Expertise Steven Epstein 5. On the Multiplicity of Lay Expertise: An Empirical and Analytical Overview of Patient Associations' Achievements and Challenges Madeleine Akrich and Vololona Rabeharisoa 6. The Political Climate and Climate Politics-Expert Knowledge and Democracy Nico Stehr and Alexander Ruser Part II. Trust 7. Mistrust of Experts by Populists and Politicians Robert P. Crease 8. A Regulatory State of Exception Andrew Lakoff Part III. Objectivity 9. Experts in Law Tal Golan 10. Institutions of Expert Judgment: The Production and Use of Objectivity in Public Expertise Brice Laurent 11. Expertise and Complex Organizations Stephen Turner 12. Data and Expertise: Some Unanticipated Outcomes Theodore M. Porter and Wendy Nelson Espeland 13. Experts in the Regulation of Technology and Risk: An Ecological Perspective on Regulatory Science David Demortain 14. Expert Power and the Classification of Human Difference Daniel Navon Part IV. Jurisdictional Struggles15.Battle of the Experts: The Strange Career of Meta-Expertise Frank Pasquale 16. Gender and Economic Governance Expertise Maria J. Azocar 17. Field Theory and Expertise: Analytical Approaches and the Question of Autonomy Zachary Griffen and Aaron Panofsky Part V. Making the Future Present 18. Addressing the Risk Paradox: Exploring the Demand Requirements around Risk and Uncertainty and the Supply Side Limitations of Calculative Practices Denis Fischbacher-Smith 19. Expertise and the State: From Planning to Future Research Jenny Andersson Part VI. The Transformation and Persistence of Professions 20. Professional Authority Ruthanne Huising 21. The Postindustrial Limits of Professionalization Paul Starr 22. (In)expertise and the Paradox of Therapeutic Governance E. Summerson Carr Part VII. New Media and Expertise 23. The Social Distribution of the Public Recognition of Expertise Jakob Arnoldi 24. Media Metacommentary, Mediatization, and the Instability of Expertise Eleanor Townsley

Gil Eyal is Professor of Sociology at Columbia University. His research focuses on various types of expertise, as well as the sociological theory of expertise, lay expertise and the politics of expertise. He is the author of The Crisis of Expertise (2019), The Autism Matrix (2010) and The Disenchantment of the Orient (2006). He has also published various articles on intellectuals, experts, and expertise in Theory and Society, BioSocieties, the Annual Review of Sociology, Sociological Theory, and the American Journal of Sociology. Thomas Medvetz is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, San Diego. His research focuses on the political role of experts, professionals, and intellectuals in modern societies. He is the author of Think Tanks in America (2012), a book based on his study of the history and impact of think tanks in the United States. He has also written or co-written academic articles about public intellectualismand the contemporary American conservative movement. His work has appeared in journals such as Actes de la Recherche en Sciences Sociales, the Annual Review of Sociology, Politics & Society, Public Culture, and Qualitative Sociology.

• 1. Introduction Gil Eyal and Thomas Medvetz Part I. The Fraught Relations between Expertise and Democracy 2. Trust and Distrust of Scientific Experts and the Challenges of the Democratization of Science Peter Weingart 3. The Third Wave and Populism: Scientific Expertise as a Check and Balance Harry Collins, Robert Evans, Darrin Durant, and Martin Weinel 4. The Meaning and Significance of Lay Expertise Steven Epstein 5. On the Multiplicity of Lay Expertise: An Empirical and Analytical Overview of Patient Associations' Achievements and Challenges Madeleine Akrich and Vololona Rabeharisoa 6. The Political Climate and Climate Politics-Expert Knowledge and Democracy Nico Stehr and Alexander Ruser Part II. Trust 7. Mistrust of Experts by Populists and Politicians Robert P. Crease 8. A Regulatory State of Exception Andrew Lakoff Part III. Objectivity 9. Experts in Law Tal Golan 10. Institutions of Expert Judgment: The Production and Use of Objectivity in Public Expertise Brice Laurent 11. Expertise and Complex Organizations Stephen Turner 12. Data and Expertise: Some Unanticipated Outcomes Theodore M. Porter and Wendy Nelson Espeland 13. Experts in the Regulation of Technology and Risk: An Ecological Perspective on Regulatory Science David Demortain 14. Expert Power and the Classification of Human Difference Daniel Navon Part IV. Jurisdictional Struggles15.Battle of the Experts: The Strange Career of Meta-Expertise Frank Pasquale 16. Gender and Economic Governance Expertise Maria J. Azocar 17. Field Theory and Expertise: Analytical Approaches and the Question of Autonomy Zachary Griffen and Aaron Panofsky Part V. Making the Future Present 18. Addressing the Risk Paradox: Exploring the Demand Requirements around Risk and Uncertainty and the Supply Side Limitations of Calculative Practices Denis Fischbacher-Smith 19. Expertise and the State: From Planning to Future Research Jenny Andersson Part VI. The Transformation and Persistence of Professions 20. Professional Authority Ruthanne Huising 21. The Postindustrial Limits of Professionalization Paul Starr 22. (In)expertise and the Paradox of Therapeutic Governance E. Summerson Carr Part VII. New Media and Expertise 23. The Social Distribution of the Public Recognition of Expertise Jakob Arnoldi 24. Media Metacommentary, Mediatization, and the Instability of Expertise Eleanor Townsley