Research and policy making: Professor Ian Boyd
July 17, 2014
The below video features a keynote speech from Professor Ian Boyd FSB FRSE, Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Professor in Biology at the University of St Andrews. Professor Boyd discussed the intractability (or ‘wickedness’) of many problems the government faces, best practice in science advice, the …
Panel 1: The science-policy interface (Daniele Fanelli, Sheila Jasanoff, Beth Taylor and Chris Tyler)
July 8, 2014
The below video features contributions from Daniele Fanelli (Visiting Professor, School of Library and Information Services, University of Montreal), Sheila Jasanoff (Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies, Harvard Kennedy School), Dr Beth Taylor (Chair of the UK National Committee for the International Year of Light 2015 and former Director of Communications at the Institute of Physics) …
Research and policy making: Professor Brian Collins
June 27, 2014
The below video features the opening keynote speech from Professor Brian Collins, Director of the Centre for Engineering Policy at UCL and former Chief Scientific Advisor to two government departments (Transport 2006-11; Business Innovation and Skills 2009-11). Professor Collins covered a wide range of issues, including the Haldane principle (the idea that research funding should be …
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