Measurement is power

How measurement shapes who decides. Part 2 of a five-part series.

A sign at the Swiss Federal Institute of Metrology, on the outskirts of Bern, marks a quiet boundary in the modern world: the point at which measurement becomes authority. (The Science Diplomat)

Power in global science governance is built into who can operate, measure, access systems, and persist. This series examines those dynamics in five parts, contin…