“Deliberative democracy is a term that would have been met with blank stares in academic and political circles just a few decades ago. Yet this approach, which examines ways to directly connect citizens with decision-making processes, has now become central to many calls for government reform across the world. This surge in interest was firstly…
La complexité croissante des défis environnementaux (dérèglement climatique, transition écologique), sanitaires (pandémie inédite) et des changements sociétaux induits par l’évolution de technologies disruptives (intelligence artificielle, réalité augmentée) implique toujours plus la sphère scientifique dans la gouvernance internationale, en fournissant de l’expertise basée sur des preuves scientifiques pour instruire les décisions de politiques publiques. Lire l’intégralité de…
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Mathieu Ouimet is a professor in Political Science at Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada. For the next five years, he will be leading the new International Francophone Science Advice Network (RFICS).
An article for University World News published following the successful meeting of the Southeast Asia Science Advice Network (SEA SAN) in Malaysia 2022
Over the past decade, the use of scientific expertise to advance diplomacy has achieved a number of successes in furthering peace, security, and prosperity. Yet there have also been reversals in important areas that until recently had seen progress. Reviewing developments in arms control, poverty reduction, global health, science and innovation policy, climate change, sustainable…
Reward the creation of analyses for policymakers that are inclusive, rigorous, transparent and accessible, urge Christl A. Donnelly and colleagues.
The following address was given by Sir Peter Gluckman in August 2018 to the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAF) in Pretoria. The 2030 agenda is encapsulated within the 17 SDGs and their 169 targets. This agenda has been criticized as being too broad to be meaningful and too aspirational rather than having the…
Article in the NewStrait Times – June 2018 on Science Advice and Science Diplomacy
The European Commission needs to amend its new Scientific Advice Mechanism. Highly integrated, participatory assessments of policy alternatives are required for multidimensional, value-laden policy issues such as the European Union’s climate and energy policies….
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