Dr. Bertold Schweitzer is Lecturer in Politics and Philosophy at the University of Dundee.Dr. Thomas Sukopp is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy/Didactics of Philosophy at the University of Siegen.

• Introduction.- Social epistemology as the philosophical framework for investigating knowledge-communities in Europe.- Dissemination of knowledge in European scientific networks in 18th century: the case of oxygen.- The scientific Paths to Europeanization: A critical sociological perspective upon the European Space Program.- Expert communities and security: Neofunctional integration in European policing practices.- The role of visible and invisible hands: Scientific communities and political integration.- The European Union’s Research and Innovation Policy as intentional community building.-Experts in EU Policy-Making: towards evidence-based problem-solving in research and innovation policy?.- Educating the people. Spanish intellectuals and reform strategies in the 19th century.- Networking in Science and Popular Science: An Anglo-German Knowledge Space in the 19th Century.

Dr. Bertold Schweitzer is Lecturer in Politics and Philosophy at the University of Dundee.Dr. Thomas Sukopp is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy/Didactics of Philosophy at the University of Siegen.

• Introduction.- Social epistemology as the philosophical framework for investigating knowledge-communities in Europe.- Dissemination of knowledge in European scientific networks in 18th century: the case of oxygen.- The scientific Paths to Europeanization: A critical sociological perspective upon the European Space Program.- Expert communities and security: Neofunctional integration in European policing practices.- The role of visible and invisible hands: Scientific communities and political integration.- The European Union’s Research and Innovation Policy as intentional community building.-Experts in EU Policy-Making: towards evidence-based problem-solving in research and innovation policy?.- Educating the people. Spanish intellectuals and reform strategies in the 19th century.- Networking in Science and Popular Science: An Anglo-German Knowledge Space in the 19th Century.

Dr. Bertold Schweitzer is Lecturer in Politics and Philosophy at the University of Dundee.Dr. Thomas Sukopp is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy/Didactics of Philosophy at the University of Siegen.

• Introduction.- Social epistemology as the philosophical framework for investigating knowledge-communities in Europe.- Dissemination of knowledge in European scientific networks in 18th century: the case of oxygen.- The scientific Paths to Europeanization: A critical sociological perspective upon the European Space Program.- Expert communities and security: Neofunctional integration in European policing practices.- The role of visible and invisible hands: Scientific communities and political integration.- The European Union’s Research and Innovation Policy as intentional community building.-Experts in EU Policy-Making: towards evidence-based problem-solving in research and innovation policy?.- Educating the people. Spanish intellectuals and reform strategies in the 19th century.- Networking in Science and Popular Science: An Anglo-German Knowledge Space in the 19th Century.