Sentences with phrase «science policy aimed»

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The global demonstration, planned in the wake of the Women's March on Washington, is aimed at countering the «mischaracterization of science as a partisan issue» — see climate change, vaccines, and GMOs — and the dubious policy that has arisen as a result.

I don't know, but he seems to be smart enough in terms of politics to know that while science may provide some truths, it doesn't necessarily provide the truth of the good toward which the country in terms of its public policy must aim to deal with the problems confronting it.

This attitude has also been held among scientists until recently, when the creationist pressures on public education and policy became so threatening that some scientists founded a new journal, Creation / Evolution, a «Committee of Correspondence» and a Creation / Evolution News letter, aimed at defending evolutionary science and dismantling creationist arguments.

These assertions often do not differ markedly from the kinds of theoretical and explanatory arguments prevalent in the social science literature, but they serve as rhetorical appeals aimed at shaping the way we think about our world, the ways we vote, and the policies we support.

The Bahamas National Trust has launched a national «Conchservation» campaign with conservation partners, including Shedd Aquarium, aimed at protecting queen conch in The Bahamas through research, citizen science and policy change.

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».

He has stated that the British economy must diversify away from London following the 2008 banking crisis, most notably in the form of the Northern Powerhouse policy proposals which aim to improve transport links and boost science and technology investment in the cities of the North in order to increase economic output.

Organizers of the march in Clinton Square had announced that Schneiderman would be the headline speaker at the event, aimed at underscoring the importance of science in making public policy.

At the invitation of the Public International Law and Policy Group (PILPG), AAAS joined a Consortium aimed at developing a toolkit that identifies best practices in human rights documentation using science and technology.

The Center aims to build bridges between communities, societies, and nations through closer interactions between science and diplomacy and elevate the role of science in foreign policy to address national and global challenges.

We aim to provide new perspectives on the interactions between science and public policy, and build a collective sense of responsibility necessary to positively affect society.

The project aimed to set up a network of Indian scientists and engineers to facilitate communication and increase their participation on committees and boards working on public science policy and minorities in science issues, as well as scientific peer review panels.

Indeed, one of the aims of the scheme is to help MPs build up a network of scientific contacts that they can approach when they need an insider's view of a science policy issue.

The 1 - year course — open to between 15 and 20 women and men from around the world — aims to provide mature students with the tools they need to become successful entrepreneurs in the biological sciences, by offering intensive coverage of biotechnology, management, ethics, science policy, and communication.

Over the years there have been many policy initiatives aimed at encouraging women to pursue careers in science.

We have lots of experience addressing the issue in the United States, where policies aimed at promoting diversity in the sciences are mainstream.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) in Arlington, Virginia, has decided to double down on its implementation of a congressionally mandated policy aimed at reducing research misconduct among NSF - funded scientists, despite a new report that notes problems with the agency's approach.

Scientific research can inform policies aimed at addressing the needs of communities displaced by climate change, something that is already happening in the United States and around the world, according to experts at a 25 - 26 July meeting of the AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition.

Holdren walked through the policies and initiatives former President Barack Obama set into motion with his 2009 inaugural pledge to «restore science to its rightful place,» and laid out what is needed to preserve the capacity of science to advance «economic prosperity, public health, environmental sustainability and national security, among other laudable aims.»

AAAS is among some 240 scientific and academic organizations that partnered with the March for Science, a non-partisan movement that aims to promote the use of science for the common good, including science education and the use of scientific evidence to inform public Science, a non-partisan movement that aims to promote the use of science for the common good, including science education and the use of scientific evidence to inform public science for the common good, including science education and the use of scientific evidence to inform public science education and the use of scientific evidence to inform public policy.

The high court had just ruled that race is a legitimate factor in admissions policies aimed at fostering campus diversity (Science, 27 June, p. 2012), a stance that many took as a vote of confidence in their efforts, too.

The AAAS Leshner Public Engagement Fellowship is funded and supported by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and these fellowships aim to help develop and support researchers in public engagement and policy work as a force for making change.

S&T should be popularised among the public, industry, scientific community, and policy - makers through roundtable discussions, open days, seminars, science fairs, competitions, television and radio programmes especially aimed at the youth, and through syndicated newspaper columns.

For science itself, the year 2005 had its share of headline - grabbing triumphs and controversies, but for scientists and science trainees planning their careers, the year offered mostly more of the same: the usual job - market uncertainties, a continuing scramble for research funds (which during the year became increasingly scarce), and more studies by important policy bodies aimed at increasing the number of scientists our nations produce.

The lead author, Hathairat Sawaengsri, M.S., a doctoral student in the biochemical and molecular nutrition program at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University and a member of the HNRCA Vitamin Metabolism Lab, explained, «Our aim was to look at excess folic acid and its impact on immune function.

Science organizations that partnered with today's March, among them AAAS (the publisher of Science), aimed to promote a nonpartisan message of support for science and its use in public Science organizations that partnered with today's March, among them AAAS (the publisher of Science), aimed to promote a nonpartisan message of support for science and its use in public Science), aimed to promote a nonpartisan message of support for science and its use in public science and its use in public policy.

Thus were established, after World War II, the NOAO and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO)-- also among the first National Science Foundation (NSF) entities to be federally funded — with the aim of giving all U.S. astronomers access to top facilities.6 These observatories quickly adopted a so - called open skies policy (OSP), which guaranteed any researcher, U.S. or international, equal and free access to the federally funded NOAO / NRAO telescopes.

For this reason, we're developing a comprehensive and efficient, science - based policy with the aim of accelerating the proper development of these products.

Started in 2010, this annual event aims to address and discuss pressing issues at the interface of science and policy.

PBE is jointly organized by FESBP and EPSO, as a result of a merger between the previous individual EPSO and FESPB conferences.With a multidisciplinary approach to plant science in a global context, the conference aims to collect speakers and presentations that cover wide ranging scientific and policy related themes within plant science, thereby showcasing state - of - the - art scientific developments and contributions to policy shaping towards plants science at the European and national levels.Plant Biology Europe is the biggest of its kind in Europe.

Lorsch reviewed the new NIH policy called Grant Support Index (GSI), which aims to more widely distribute taxpayer funding of science by limiting additional grant support for already well - supported principal investigators.

Science & Society type articles aim to discuss important issues at the interface of academic research and society, such as those relating to policy, environment or health.

Since 2010, this annual event has aimed to address and discuss pressing issues at the interface of science and policy.

We aim to use the best science to effectively conserve biodiversity and disseminate reliable scientific and policy information.

In the same way that creationists urge schools to «teach the controversy,» climate change skeptics aim to sow doubt about scientific consensus, said Mark McCaffrey, the programs and policy director of the National Center for Science Education, a nonprofit that has long supported the teaching of evolution in schools and recently began to defend climate change education.

About Blog Research & Politics aims to advance systematic peer - reviewed research in political science and related fields through the open access publication of the very best cutting - edge research and policy analysis.

Leaving aside all of the obvious practical concerns, like whether schools have or can develop staff qualified to teach computer science, this new research raises questions about the aim of these policies.

A first - of - its kind event in education research, the Forum aimed to connect the science and scholarship of education research to policy and practice emphasizing the value of diverse expertise.

The policy brief, which provides an overview of science education in California, and the toolkit aim to help strengthen the role of STEM learning in the local budget development process.

Drs. Elisa Harvey and Jill Lynn are among only four veterinarians worldwide that were selected for this year's expedition, the second such trip organized by the Homeward Bound program, a leadership, strategic and science initiative for women that aims to heighten the influence and impact of women with a science background in order to influence policy and decision making as it shapes our planet.

The goal was to split the climate challenge — a «super wicked» lacework of science, policy, diplomacy and economics — into manageable parts and foster productive online discourse aimed at distilling solutions.

Tom Yulsman at the University of Colorado makes this point bitingly at CEJournal, noting the ridiculousness of rehashing basic climate science in the face of clear evidence that the lack of a forward - looking American energy policy --- particularly one aimed at weaning the country from at least the liquid fossil fuel — is a real - time crisis.

In 2016, she was named a AAAS fellow, and cited for her «distinguished contributions to analysis and outreach aimed at strengthening support for sound U.S. climate policies, and making the science of climate change accessible to diverse audiences.»

The aim of the list was, as the introduction states, to separate «the noise from the serious concerns» with regards to those offering critiques of either climate science or institutions charged with presenting climate science to the public or policy - makers; the article was explicitly not intended to equate the viewpoints of all people contained on the list.

This policy brief aims to prompt international discussion amongst policy makers by creating awareness of geoengineering effectiveness, possible benefits, potential undesirable impacts and status of both the science and governance of this rapidly evolving field.

This manual aims to translate available climate science and current international climate policies into the tools for practical action in Africa, in the context of sustainable development.

For instance, in February, Parliament's Science and Technology Select Committee called for submissions to an inquiry into the public's understanding of climate change, following a report that had advised that «should scepticism continue to increase, democratic governments are likely to find it harder to convince voters to support costly environmental policies aimed at mitigation of, or adaptation to, climate change.»

We need to aim for a well understood, well policed gold standard for any presentation of science in policy literature: hopefully this can be addressed to everyone's satisfaction in AR5, although I note that Dr Curry is somewhat sceptical about this.

Our aim is to bring scientific excellence to public policy issues in order to promote the democratization of science and a safer, healthier environment.

Rather, the bill aims to overturn the legal force and effect of the Endangerment Rule, ensuring that Congress, not bureaucrats posing as custodians of policy - neutral science, make public policy.