There are five ways governments can draw on scientific evidence to deal with multiple crises.
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The Trump administration has used executive orders, deregulation and delays to reduce environmental regulation. Biden administration officials will use many of the same tools to undo their work.
A survey of over a thousand scientists reveals that their goal when communicating about their work is to help the rest of us make evidence-based decisions that draw on scientific findings.
Trump doesn’t just ignore science, he attacks it. Australia’s experts have an obligation to speak out on crises such as the coronavirus pandemic, even if it means picking a side in our politics.
Scientists who were appointed to advise the EPA on air pollution kept meeting independently after the agency dissolved their panel. They say current regulations aren’t strict enough.
Governments lean on science advisers for guidance on increasingly complex issues of great concern, including oil and gas development, drug legalization, water quality and the environment.
On the eve of the March for Science, a marine biologist explains why she’s returning from abroad to speak out for science in the Trump era.
On Nov. 2 the White House posted a detailed climate science report without comment. The Trump administration is unlikely to heed it, but it could boost state, local and private sector action.
Can federal agencies stack advisory panels with friendly members? Some have tried, but a scientist who has advised many administrations says they will produce bad policies that lack broad support.
Innovation is a huge part of economic growth – and the White House needs to be well-informed on science and tech issues when setting goals and budgets. Here’s how presidents get up to speed.
Africa’s complex and seemingly insurmountable social and economic problems are a golden opportunity to demonstrate the value that research can bring. Scientists need to rise to the challenge.
Science and business don’t often go together, but that’s changing as more scientists realise that their best ideas can be commercialised.
On both sides of the Atlantic it would appear that evidence-based policy is in jeopardy. The scientific advice that government and regulators rely upon to inform their decision-making is under attack…
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Educator and Researcher, The Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR)
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Professor of Economics and Environmental Studies, Wesleyan University
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Professor of Marine Science, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
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Professor of Energy and Environmental Policy, Director of the Climate Policy Lab and Center for International Environment and Resource Policy, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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Director of Research, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, University of Toronto
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Bioinformatics, University of the Western Cape
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Senior Lecturer, Communications, Media and Culture, University of Stirling
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Professor of Public Relations, Michigan State University
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Senior Lecturer, Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University
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Associate Professor (hon) at the Centre for Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University
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Assistant Professor, University of Hawaii (starting May 2018); Postdoctoral Researcher in Marine Ecology (current), Macquarie University
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Professor of Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University
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Visiting Professor of Law and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University
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Professor and Canada Research Chair in Evidence-Support Systems, McMaster University
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Professor in Political Science, Université Laval