Nature Feature: Science could solve some of the world’s biggest problems. Why aren’t governments using it?

A Nature global survey finds that most specialists are unhappy with systems to provide science advice to policymakers. By Helen Pearson Killer viruses. Artificial intelligence. Extreme weather. Microplastics. Mental health. These are just a few of the pressing issues on which governments need science to inform their policies. But the systems that connect scientists with politicians are not…

The Politics of Modelling: Numbers Between Science and Policy

Abstract Climate change and COVID-19 have brought mathematical models into the forefront of politics and decision-making, where they are now being used to justify momentous and often controversial decisions. Such models are technically very complex, and sources of political authority. Yet disagreement among experts fuels a growing uneasiness about the quality and significance of the…

Workshop #5 Report – Countering Zoonotic Spillover Project – INGSA-Asia / NASEM – June 2023

Project: Countering Zoonotic Spillover of High Consequence Pathogens (HCP) in Southeast Asia Partners: INGSA-Asia and the US National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) Workshop 5 report – Nov 2022, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Keywords: Covid-19, Covid, Southeast Asia, Asia, Zoonosis, Transmission, Pandemic, Health, Security,

Workshop #4 Report – Countering Zoonotic Spillover Project – INGSA-Asia / NASEM – Nov 2022

Project: Countering Zoonotic Spillover of High Consequence Pathogens (HCP) in Southeast Asia Partners: INGSA-Asia and the US National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) Workshop 4 report – Nov 2022, Singapore Keywords: Covid-19, Covid, Southeast Asia, Asia, Zoonosis, Transmission, Pandemic, Health, Security,

Workshop #3 Report – Countering Zoonotic Spillover Project – INGSA-Asia / NASEM – Sept 2022

Project: Countering Zoonotic Spillover of High Consequence Pathogens (HCP) in Southeast Asia Partners: INGSA-Asia and the US National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) Workshop 3 report – Sept 2022, Bangkok, Thailand Keywords: Covid-19, Covid, Southeast Asia, Asia, Zoonosis, Transmission, Pandemic, Health, Security,

Workshop #2 Report – Countering Zoonotic Spillover Project – INGSA-Asia / NASEM – July 2022

Project: Countering Zoonotic Spillover of High Consequence Pathogens (HCP) in Southeast Asia Partners: INGSA-Asia and the US National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) Workshop 2 report – July 2022, online Keywords: Covid-19, Covid, Southeast Asia, Asia, Zoonosis, Transmission, Pandemic, Health, Security,

Workshop #1 Report – Countering Zoonotic Spillover Project – INGSA-Asia / NASEM – May 2022

Project: Countering Zoonotic Spillover of High Consequence Pathogens (HCP) in Southeast Asia Partners: INGSA-Asia and the US National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) Workshop 1 report – May 2022, online Keywords: Covid-19, Covid, Southeast Asia, Asia, Zoonosis, Transmission, Pandemic, Health, Security,

Global Commission on Evidence to Address Societal Challenges Report – 2022 and 2023 update – 7 Languages

The Evidence Commission report (released in January 2022, along with an executive summary) had two main goals: provide recommendations about how we can and must improve the use of evidence, both in routine times and in future global crises; and provide the context, concepts or vocabulary that underpin work in this area. Update 2023 (released…

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