In a context marked by increasingly complex socio-environmental challenges, scientific diplomacy—as a space for coordination between science, policy, and diplomacy—takes on particular relevance in Latin America and the Caribbean. With the aim of strengthening capacities and connecting key actors in decision-making and knowledge production, the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) and the University…
The Foundation for Science and Technology is a UK charity, providing an impartial platform for debate of policy issues that have a science, research, technology or innovation element. Established in 1977, the Foundation brings together Parliamentarians, civil servants, industrialists, researchers, learned societies, charities and others. It convenes discussion events and round tables, publishes a journal three times per year…
The UK University Policy Engagement Network (UPEN) provides blogs, toolkits, guides and reports that explore and support academic policy engagement.
Knowledge4Policy (K4P) is the EU Commission’s platform for evidence-based policymaking. Our goal: to bridge the science-policy gap by bringing together evidence for policy from scientists across Europe, to policymakers across Europe. Here, you will find: high quality, relevant and scientifically robust knowledge created and curated by 19 teams of European Commission scientists content and interfaces specially created and tailored for policymakers a…
The Centre aims to collate, create and communicate the best available safety evidence from the Foundation, our partners and other sources on both the nature and scale of global safety challenges, and what works to address them. Evidence is critical to improving the safety of people and property – but often does not yet exist,…
We support research, innovation, and education to make the world a safer place. Lloyd’s Register Foundation is a global safety charity with a mission to engineer a safer world. Building on the Foundation’s partnerships and impact to date, and harnessing over 250 years of maritime safety knowledge, we focus on enhancing the safety of life…
This joint report from the UN Futures Lab/Global Hub and the International Science Council (ISC) explores how strategic foresight is being applied across the Global South. Featuring 14 case studies, the report illustrates how diverse actors, from community organizations to government bodies, are using futures thinking to address real-world challenges and support inclusive, long-term decision-making….
Politics is not the same as policy. Yet for humanity to surmount the truly global challenges before us, the day-to-day churn of political cycles somehow needs to create policy with an eye to the distant future. Given what has happened in the year since this was filmed (May 2024), Sir Jeremy Farrar’s words seem prescient…
The project ‘Building capacity for evidence-informed policymaking in governance and public administration in a post-pandemic Europe’ was inspired by the need of Member States to respond to complex policy issues requiring specialised knowledge, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic led to a widespread recognition in governments that the use of evidence in advising policy…
Inspiring and Anchoring Trust in Science, Research and Innovation The IANUS project strengthens warranted trust in science, research and innovation at a systemic level by encouraging participation in research as a co-creative and inclusive process, sensitive to societal values, concerns and needs. Value-driven research means that researchers are engaged and sensitive to societal needs and…
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