Dr Scott Bremer brings Toby Wardman up to speed on topics such as the inadequacy of the supply/demand dichotomy, the challenges of fitting the square peg of science into the round holes of real-world policy decisions, the relationship between scientific knowledge and other forms of knowing, and why he moonlights as a gardening therapist by the Norwegian fjords.
The way you frame a question can lead to radically different answers — even though different framings are equally valid. How does science advice help to meet these challenges?
Working at the science-policy interface requires a range of skills, knowledge and attitudes.
Fresh from their work collecting evidence to inform screening programmes in the EU, Professors Rebecca Fitzgerald and Harry De Koning discuss the role of evidence in cancer screening policy and how it interfaces with clinical judgement and patient choice.
The Young Academies Science Advice Structure (YASAS) has officially joined the SAPEA project as a new network member.
Could the implications of science advice, and the policies that follow from it, be decided by a citizen jury following a courtroom battle between scientific adversaries?
Migration policy is an area where high-minded principles drive headlong into authentic realpolitik.
Science journalist Bianca Nogrady has researched the increasing issue of abuse and threats directed at science advisors.
Professor Ortwin Renn is one of Europe’s leading academic authorities on scientific advice, complexity and risk.
What joint challenges are faced by policy advisors and TV advisors?
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