Sentences with phrase «science policy advice»

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The committee said that «shuffling the body responsible for providing cross-departmental science and engineering advice from one department to another» contradicted the government's stated aim of «putting science and engineering at the heart of policy».

«It reduces science and engineering advice to, at best, a peripheral policy concern, and, at worst, a political bargaining chip.»

Al Teich, Director, AAAS Science and Policy Programs, testified before the House Science Committee on scientific and technical advice for Congress.

The 2015 - 16 AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellows (STPF) marked the end of their tenures at the annual year - end summit with some looking back at the past year, as well as listening to advice and information for going forward as alumni.

So is our daily news service, News from Science, our policy blog, Science Insider, and our career advice and information site Science Careers.

While at the conference, though, she had the opportunity to visit the White House, where she got advice from John Holdren, director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and other OSTP members.

Taking part in a Member of Parliament — scientist pairing scheme can allow you to become a trusted source of advice and information for MPs who need an insider's view of a science policy issue.

Deborah Stine, associate director of the Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (COSEPUP) of the National Academies, says that «postdocs want their mentors to be honest with them» and want more down - to - earth, practical advice about their careers.

In particular, as a fellow from 1998 - 2000, he organized and attended meetings, helped write parts of agency documents, and gave science and policy advice on air quality issues and on international activities of the EPA.

But if you're already in science, the best advice is probably this: Finish your Ph.D. and, as you're writing your dissertation, work on refining your policy - career objectives.

The former explored how scientists contribute to public policy, why scientific advice carries such authority, and how government and the public can influence how science is applied.

Its tasks are to reflect different standpoints in the scientific and public discussion of life science issues, to develop ideas how to involve citizens, and to give policy advice on ethics questions surrounding new developments in the life sciences.

His role today is to identify and analyze emerging science policy issues, offer scientific information and advice to parliamentarian select committees, stimulate debate, and anticipate how new science findings could impact policy.

Zuckerman and 100 other people crammed into a conference room at the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to offer advice to its Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (COSEPUP).

The 73 - year - old aeronautics engineer has a sterling reputation for providing impartial and useful advice on science policy.

Science advice: The firing of drug policy adviser David Nutt has led to a row in the United Kingdom about how the government should handle independent scientific advice.

In addition to providing confidential, unbiased advice to the president and relaying policy information to other White House offices, the science adviser should work with the Office of Management and Budget in developing the science and technology budget.

Lane, who served as science adviser to President Bill Clinton and director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) from 1998 to 2001, said the next president will confront issues requiring scientific and technological advice immediately after the 8 November elescience adviser to President Bill Clinton and director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) from 1998 to 2001, said the next president will confront issues requiring scientific and technological advice immediately after the 8 November eleScience and Technology Policy (OSTP) from 1998 to 2001, said the next president will confront issues requiring scientific and technological advice immediately after the 8 November elections.

Honesty in politics and science should be the essential ingredient in the use of scientific advice in policy - making.

Representatives of 17 European science academies have agreed to form a new Science Advisory Council to provide independent expert advice to policy - science academies have agreed to form a new Science Advisory Council to provide independent expert advice to policy - Science Advisory Council to provide independent expert advice to policy - makers.

It's a story of what can happen when the demands of public health policy — and the demands of the public for simple advice — run up against the confusing ambiguity of real science.

A major part of his role will be to ensure that high - quality advice is available across government departments as they deal with the legal and regulatory consequences of the UK's decision to leave the European Union, says Graeme Reid, a science - policy researcher at University College London.

In his nomination letter, Smith wrote that the AAU has turned to Bienenstock for advice and assistance on a variety of issues related to science and higher education policy.

The U.S. House of Representatives could vote as early as this week to approve two controversial, Republican - backed bills that would change how the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) uses science and scientific advice to inform its policies.

«It's a very common tendency: If you don't like the advice, get rid of the adviser,» says Roger Pielke of the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

«Twenty - two brilliant and experienced leaders coming from the scientific community, policy - makers, industry, and NGOs from both sides of the Atlantic, sitting together in a small room for a day, engaging in a lively, open debate without any taboos, and coming up with recommendations on the do's and don'ts in providing science - based advice to policy - makers.

Suggestions include making scientific advice available at shorter notice, the appointment of a chief social scientist, better integration of science staff members in policy teams, and for scientists to better understand the process of policymaking and politics.

Šucha recommended looking systemically at how to link science to policy, as is being done by such organizations as the International Network on Government Science science to policy, as is being done by such organizations as the International Network on Government Science Science Advice.

We welcome the mobilization of relevant institutions, networks and initiatives, to provide a synthesis of the current situation and proposals for actionable research, to assess and monitor disaster risks, to engage in communication efforts of such risk, to develop overall capacity in dealing with risk and to provide science advice to both policy makers and elected officials in order to develop resilience.

It also highlights the global emergence of this field that the European Union has recently announced a new Science Advice Mechanism (SAM) and that UNESCO is taking a leading role in better connecting science to policy in the context of the Agenda 2030 and now carries a mandate to serve as the Secretariat for the Scientific Advisory Board of the UN Secretary GScience Advice Mechanism (SAM) and that UNESCO is taking a leading role in better connecting science to policy in the context of the Agenda 2030 and now carries a mandate to serve as the Secretariat for the Scientific Advisory Board of the UN Secretary Gscience to policy in the context of the Agenda 2030 and now carries a mandate to serve as the Secretariat for the Scientific Advisory Board of the UN Secretary General.

Working together they provide independent, objective advice to the nation on public policy issues where insights and expertise from science, technology, and medicine are needed.

We call on all scientists to monitor and assess policy areas and provide, in a pro-active manner, independent and timely science advice even when its application is not guaranteed or not expected.

EuroScience presented Mr. Robert - Jan Smits with lifetime membership and recognised his many contributions to an audience of 600 delegates at the «Science and Policy Making: Towards a New Dialogue» conference organised by the European Commission and the International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA) on 30 September 2016.

The Brussels Declaration presents a much needed bottom - up approach to science advice that requires broad societal engagement and policy action.»

«Science advice is most effective when scientists and policy - makers work in a consultative way.

MISSION: NASAC provides an independent forum for African science academies to offer authoritative credible advice for policy formulation towards economic, social and cultural development.

The role of the Climate Change Commission is to gather the latest science and information on climate change impacts to Hawai`i and provide advice and recommendations to the mayor, City Council, and executive departments as they look to draft policy and engage in planning for future climate scenarios.

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In this role, she manages the education grantmaking portfolio for the company and provides policy advice to the company on issues related to teacher quality, especially in science, mathematics, engineering and technology, the Common Core State Standards, and federal policy issues.

Pielke already has a science policy site and his most recent post is about us (offering us some advice, in fact).

Indeed, on one side we have the valid results of climate science, on the other side we have the need for well justified policy advice.

If the attitude of this paper had prevailed in the WB (and I know from my government advisory experience that good advice often does not prevail over self - serving and / or ideological / political approaches), then the efforts of the IPCC might have been better directed to the underlying science, improved data and policy - relevant information.

Well, given that the IPCC Reports summarize the science and provide advice for policy makers, there ought to be mechanisms in place to address disputes or at least to provide explanations.

John Holdren, former science adviser to President Obama, says «it would be unwise in the extreme for the president to let the current vacuum in science advice in the White House persist,» since «[i] nsights from science and technology are relevant to many of the decisions about actions and policies that a president must make.»

In selecting a scientist of his stature, Obama is signalling clearly that he will be ending policies, introduced by George W Bush, that saw science sidelined and the advice of its practitioners ignored and sometimes distorted by the White House.

Well, maybe he has only the second - best advice money can buy, since the consensus messaging strategy was earlier employed by The Republican Party as a means of effectively casting manufactured doubt on climate science to justify policy inaction, by communications guru Frank Luntz.

Practice areas include antitrust and unfair competition, product liability, directors and officers liability, Bermuda Form, business litigation, intellectual property, healthcare, life sciences, real estate, property and casualty coverage, reinsurance, employment, insurance policy drafting / advice, international arbitration, and maritime.

Identified potential legal problems, then provided legal advice, guidance and leadership to clients and leadership team relative to regulatory policy and business operations at a $ 1.2 billion Department of Energy national laboratory involved in basic science research, energy research, including climate change.