A network of legislative science advice researchers and practitioners
INGSA’s Parliamentary Special Interest Division (SID) serves as a list of experts, practitioners, and those interested in expanding their knowledge of legislative science advice. This list enables INGSA to target opportunities to interested members of the larger INGSA network.
Regular activities of this SID has not been possible during the pandemic, as resources and capacities have been diverted elsewhere, but there is still value in joining this list as it enables us to share any information of relevance to Legislative Science Advice to its members. INGSA regularly gets requests for contacts or experts in various areas of science advice and diplomacy – being a part of this enables us to contact you directly if we believe any of these opportunities might be of interest.
Membership is free and open to anyone working in legislatures as scientific and technical advisers, intermediaries who bridge the gap between the research community and legislatures, and people who produce evidence, including those who research legislative knowledge systems.
The formation of a Parliamentary SID of INGSA was announced in November 2018 at the organisation’s biennial conference.
Join the Parliamentary Division Now!To add your name to the INGSA-Parliamentary SID, simply sign up at https://www.ingsa.org/join/ and register for any of the Special Interest Divisions that are of interest. Even if you are already a member of the INGSA network, so long as you sign up again using the same email address this will only update your preferences and will not result in duplicate emails. |
Research Outputs:
Congratulations to Parliamentary Division Chairs, Karen Akerlof and Chris Tyler, for the Open Access publication of their paper outlining a collaborative research agenda in legislative science advice. Many members of the Parliamentary Division contributed their thoughts to the article – thanks to everyone involved.
Read it now at: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-019-0318-6
Past Events and Conferences
Rome – 26 June 2019
The Italian #ScienzaInParlamento grassroot initiative organizes its first conference on legislative science advice in Italy at LUISS University in Rome on June 26th. Further details here: https://www.eventbrite.it/e/biglietti-un-appello-per-la-scienzainparlamento-62635388132
Stockholm – 11 October 2019
The European Parliamentary Technology Assessment (EPTA) network – the world’s only network of legislative technology assessment offices – is hosting its annual conference in Stockholm on 11 October. The topic under consideration will be ‘The use of welfare technology in elderly care’ with speakers from across the EPTA network, which includes European countries, and the US, Mexico, Chile and Japan.
Atlanta – 14-16 October 2019
The Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy provides a showcase for the highest quality scholarship from around the world addressing the challenges and characteristics of science and innovation policy and processes.
Bratislava – 4-6 November 2019
The 4th European Technology Assessment Conference will take on the theme of ‘Value-driven Technologies: Methods, Limits, and Prospects for Governing Innovations’. The aim of the conference is to discuss how TA and related activities such as STS, RRI, public engagement and foresight can contribute to knowledge-based policy-making
Ottawa – 13-15 November 2019
The Canadian Science Policy Conference bring together scientists, entrepreneurs, policy-makers, politicians, journalists, students and many others from across the country to discuss, exchange ideas, and mobilise knowledge regarding the present and future of Canadian science, technology, and innovation policy. Legislative science advice will appear as one of the panel topics this year.