Judgment in Practice explores the questions that emerge when technical knowledge meets social and institutional reality. These commentaries draw from my research and practitioner experience to examine how evidence, assumptions, organizational constraints, and human priorities shape decision-making.
Data is supposed to improve decision-making, yet political action remains uneven. What data gets used, whose data gets used, and what type of data receives political legitimacy? A look at that question through Oakland's Interstate 580 truck ban and the environmental burden it shifted onto East Oakland.
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