Chief Science Advisers’ Roundtable (CSAR), 2024 Proceedings and Chair Summary

Chief Science Advisers and nominated representatives of countries and international organisations gathered on 06 September 2024 at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France and online for the 2024 edition of the Chief Science Advisers’ Roundtable1 to discuss “fostering open science, bridging knowledge asymmetry, and building science advice capacity globally”. The discussion highlighted the growing importance…

The Role of National Academies in Science Advice to Governments – Workshop Report – Auckland 2017

 The topic of academies’ role was motivated by multiple factors. Global interest in assuring evidence-informed public policy has grown in recent years and it is widely understood that National Academies have long held a central position in providing academic expertise to government decision making. Yet the recent troubling trend toward ‘anti-expert’ and ‘anti-elite’ politics and…

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