INGSA2024 Viewpoints is the companion publication to the Kigali conference, featuring many of the speakers from the meeting, providing additional insight and provocations on the key issues facing science advice and science diplomacy. The legacy document from the 5th International Conference on Science Advice to Governments, INGSA2024 – The Transformation Imperative: Expanded Evidence for Inclusive…
The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters has published tools that help knowledge brokers find the right researchers, specify knowledge needs, and make phenomenon-based knowledge syntheses. The aim is to improve the use of research knowledge in societal decision-making. Tools are based on the lessons learned at the science-policy interface, and as such offer practical…
Keys to Societal Impact: Researcher’s Handbook provides valuable information on how researchers can use their expertise to support policy-making. How is research knowledge transferred to policy-makers, and when is the right time to engage in a policy process?
The African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP) is an African-led, regional non-profit research policy institute established in 2010 to help bridge the gaps between research, policy and practice in development efforts in Africa.
The European Commission launched a Mutual Learning Exercise on ‘Bridging the Gap Between Science and Policy’. This Thematic Report focuses on the first discussion topic about fostering knowledge-sharing within and among Science for Policy (S4P) actors. The report highlights the need to frame S4P in the broader context of knowledge-for-policy (K4P) and it introduces key…
This book explores the role of scientific evidence within United Nations (UN) deliberation by examining the negotiation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), endorsed by Member States in 2015. Using the SDGs as a case study, this book addresses a key gap in our understanding of the role of evidence in contemporary international policy-making
Large language models and other artificial-intelligence systems could be excellent at synthesizing scientific evidence for policymakers — but only with appropriate safeguards and humans in the loop. Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have stoked febrile commentary around large language models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT and others, that can generate text in response to typed…
This is a toolkit on how to utilise, synthesise, scrutinise, and engage with evidence and expertise for policy development. This toolkit was created by Nesta in partnership with the Capabilities in Academic Policy Engagement (CAPE) programme and the Chief Scientific Adviser’s (CSA) Office at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC). It will help you to understand…
Both natural and social sciences have made significant contributions to our understanding of the challenges and issues affecting our societies and planet. Notwithstanding that, it is now clear that new approaches are urgently needed if science is to be effectively used to make rapid progress. Following the release of Unleashing Science, coordinated by the ISC,…
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…
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