By Kimberly Nicholas, Assistant Professor of Sustainability Science, Lund University Many high-level science advisory panels are drawn from a list of the usual suspects, said Jacquie McGlade, chief scientist of the UN Environment Program at the world’s first conference on science advice to governments held in New Zealand at the
This piece was submitted by Catherine Rhodes, Research Fellow in Science Ethics, Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, UK. Science Advice in International Treaty Organisations Many international organisations* routinely seek and make use of information and advice from the scientific community. The mechanisms
The Guardian’s Political Science blog ran a series of articles linked to the Global Science Advice to Governments Conference, held in Auckland on 28-29 August 2014, featuring several of the conference speakers. The following is a summary of the series: Principles and politics of scientific advice 26 August 2014 This
This is a guest post by Heather Douglas, the Waterloo Chair in Science and Society in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Waterloo, Canada. In the last week of August, science advisors from around the world converged in Auckland, New Zealand, to discuss how to provide science advice
Robert Patman, Professor of International Relations at the Department of Politics at the University of Otago, New Zealand, was a speaker at the Science and Diplomacy Symposium on 27 August. Along with Professor Lloyd Davis, he has co-edited a new book called ‘Science Diplomacy: New Day or False Dawn?’ (Singapore:
A new report Science Culture: Where Canada Stands paints the clearest picture of Canada’s science culture and science culture support system in 25 years. The report comprehensively examines Canadians’ science attitudes, engagement, and knowledge, reviewing data on Canadians’ science skills and the current peer-reviewed literature on science culture. It also features
Public and political confidence in Japan’s science system collapsed after the devastating earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011. Tateo Arimoto and Yasushi Sato describe the process of rebuilding trust and reforming Japanese science policy. Science plays a crucial role in the face of intractable problems, such as global warming, energy
By Jeremy Watson, University College London Jeremy contributed this article as part of our call for blogposts on conference themes. Submit your blogpost: http://bit.ly/1yyo1P2 I was privileged to serve as a UK Chief Science Advisor between 2009 and 2012. As the most recent Chief Scientific Advisor to the Department of Communities and Local
We need a strong scientific voice in policy and decision-making, but there is also a crucial role for the public, writes Heather Douglas. There is now a growing consensus about the importance of science advice in government. Although there are occasional departures from this position, such as the current situation in Canada,
This is a summary of discussions during a breakfast panel on Saturday 30th August. More updates to come following the full workshop: http://www.globalscienceadvice.org/capacity-building-workshop/
