Experts, International Organisations and the Politics of Monitoring Europe

Abstract

What is the role of experts and International Organisations in governing Europe? What is the interconnectedness of large IOs in the work of monitoring and how do they interact with other public and private expert actors? What kinds of knowledge are valued more in the work of monitoring? This panel will explore these questions through the examination of four cases: these are the European Higher Education Area; the rise of education privatisation in Europe; the European Commission's 'better regulation' agenda; and last, the collaboration of the European Commission DG Education and Culture with the OECD on the production of data for education governance in Europe. Through a multidisciplinary analysis, the paper authors will explore the politics of expertise and how and why certain knowledge (for example, economic theory) may be privileged in the shaping of policy agendas and visions.

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