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Successful economies are led by innovation and driven by knowledge. For Africa to advance, it needs to make more substantial investments in its research and development sector.
A review by Paul Nurse, president of the Royal Society, has said the UK’s research councils should continue to be exist as part of a new quango.
The scientific community reacts to the news that Dr Alan Finkel has been appointed Australia’s New Chief Scientist as of 2016.
A Turnbull government has an opportunity to redirect Australia towards being a science and innovation nation.
Science funding is changing – let’s make sure it’s for the better.
The new government should link policies on education, career progression and welfare to tackle the lack of women in science.
It’s rare for research to have an immediate impact on policy, but lessons learnt from a successful venture in Queensland can show how it can be done.
The UK’s commitment to a referendum on EU membership could already be harming the UK’s reputation in science.
Neither Labour nor the Conservatives have pledged to do as much as retain the current level of funding in their manifestos, despite their enthusiastic comments about science in the UK.
The government’s announcement of a national science strategy is good for Australia, particularly for promoting engagement between science and industry.
Science and research were not at the front of the political debate in 2010. So how has science funding fared under the coalition government?
Scientific discoveries have moulded modern society. But the reliability of scientific results have recently been called into question. How will scientists solve this problem?
Our nation’s future depends on the quality of its thinking and its leaders. As such, science must be at the core of our national discourse.
After several delays, the UK government’s Department for Business, Innovation and Skills finally published its first strategy for UK science and innovation titled Our Plan for Growth. Strangely for such…
On science and technology, the Abbott government is somewhat of a paradox. On one hand, the government passionately believes that deregulating the university sector is essential. By taking caps off fees…
Every five years, the Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation (FCT) reviews its research institutes from Astronomy to Zoology. But this year, for the first time, the FCT contracted the European Science…
As the end of the Parliamentary year draws to a close, and we mark the Coalition’s first few months in power, I thought it would be useful to provide a comprehensive list of climate change and science…
In a more perfect world, the big policy challenges of our time would be informed by timely, relevant academic research. There would be a close and effective dialogue between academia and policy. Alas…
Peter Phelps is no friend of mine. He’s Government Whip in the NSW Legislative Council, and he’s previously had some interesting things to say about science. He’s also a fun and feisty Twitter user, who’s…
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Secretary for Science Policy at the Australian Academy of Science, and Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor, UNSW
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Professor of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University
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Fellow in Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University
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Professorial fellow, Flinders University; Australian National University
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Professor of Experimental Physics Emerita, University of Cambridge
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Distinguished Professor, Australian National University
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Chair, The Conversation Media Group
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Laureate Professor Emeritus, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
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Emeritus professor, Australian National University
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Professor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), University of Sydney
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Professor of Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University
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Research manager, Centre for Systems Genomics, The University of Melbourne, The University of Melbourne
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President of the Australian Academy of Science, Laureate Professor Emeritus, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary associate professor of economy and society, Macquarie University
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Astrophysicist and Assistant Professor in Science Education, Trinity College Dublin