MT @mbbvt: For brkfst: capacity building w @EU_ScienceChief @UCLSTEaPP @PeterGluckman @cptyler & C Nobre #SciASciAdvice14ppic.twitter.com/TaejcKOpN5
How do you convince policymakers they need science advice? @PeterGluckman suggests, "write about it a lot!" #sciadvice14- We need "civics for scientists" to build experience in both science & policy worlds in graduate training, says @PetePeterGluckmansciasciadvice14
- motivation for establishing @EU_ScienceChief position: fundamental review of how evidence was gathered and analyzed for EU. #sciadvice14
Capacity building - need smart consumer wrt policy makers, politicians & citizens @EU_SEU_ScienceChiefiASciAdvice14ppic.twitter.com/vJPeJHD9om- Most evidence that policy relies on generated with public funding- ethical obligation for #opendata, argues @EU_ScienceChief #sciadvice14
- If scientists don't bring results forward to policy, "citizens have paid for something we're throwing away." -@EU_ScienceChief #sciadvice14
- Developing country perspective from Carlos Nobre: scientists more highly regarded than politicians-use to help elevate policy. #SciAdvice14
- How do you help Parliamentarians use evidence better? @cptyler ran 6 weeks of seminars on research foundations- overbooked! #sciadvice14
- Network crucial for those in "lonely" role of science advisors, with one foot in both science & policy worlds. @PetePeterGluckmanciasciadvice14
- Skills for #scipol: communication, ethics, weighting & analyzing evidence, translate evidence to options. -@EU_SEU_ScienceChiefciasciadvice14
- Skills for #scipol part 2: how to deliver unpopular messages, and how to always be empathetic. -@EU_ScienceChief #sciadvice14
- Politicians trust people, not orgs- establish relationships, advises Cuba's Diaz-Balart. #scipol more art than science. #SciAdvice14
Working as a science advisor to policy - an art, a craft, or science? How best to train people for these roles? #SciAdvice14- Ferguson: experience in tech, business, startups is good training for skills needed in #scipol. #sciadvice14
- Jan Marcos Muller's parents said he'd never get a job studying geography, media sci + Spanish; he's now @EU_ScienceChief staff #sciadvice14
- Ian Boyd: understanding how to move very large organizations essential #scipol skill. Like landing plane with 20% control. #sciadvice14
- Floor comment: good English skills were key for capacity building, career advancement, international collaborations in China. #sciadvice14
- How to get #EarlyCareerSci #scipol exp? Fellowships, research best practices, train in peer review, internships, sci civics. #SciAdvice14
Good session this morning @GlobalSciAdvice on capacity building for science and policy. @UCLSTEaPP designing courses #SciAdvice14
