Making science count in policy making
MCAA/EuroScientist 2017 webinar series
The
Marie Curie Alumni Association, in collaboration with EuroScientist, is
hosting a round table “Making science count in policy making” on May
18 2017 at 17:00 CET.
Registration is now open
Making
sound policies in all sorts of fields is not an exact science: moral
choices, traditions, communication and many other aspects play important
roles. However, policies that don’t take into account scientific
evidence are almost sure to fail. Europe has launched its own mechanism
to convey scientific advice to policy makers. It has been a complex,
partially ongoing, construction. This webinar is an opportunity to check
the state of the art of the European advice mechanism. Its broader
scope is also to discuss how this and other tools provide ways for
European scientists to have their expertise taken into account by
political leaders. The panel counts with the participation of 2
scientific advisers (EU and Ireland) and a scholar on the subject.
Confirmed speakers include:
Pearl Dykstra – sociologist, member of the High Level Group of scientists advising the Cabinet of European Commissioners.
Mark
Ferguson – biologist, Director General of the Science Foundation
Ireland and Chief Scientific Adviser to the Government of Ireland.
Roger
Pielke – mathematician and political scientist, author of “The Honest
Broker: Making Sense of Science in Policy and Politics”.
This
panel discussion will be moderated by Michele Catanzaro (physicist,
freelance science journalist for Nature, El Periódico, and other
outlets).
This is an online event. Updates with the access link will be sent to the registered attendees before the event.