11th November 2020 The Economist According to a new survey, many scientists believe they are being ignored MAX WEBER, a … Read More
7th September Kate Hannah The Spinoff @TheSpinoffTV Together with colleagues on The Disinformation Project, Kate Hannah has been studying the vectors and … Read More
funders have enormous power to influence the direction of science. What tools do you have: co-funding, coordinated funding, ensuring a balance of efforts using all the knowledge disciplines by finding ways to support transdisciplinary research. These are all easy things to say and make a lot of sense. But the reality is that with few exceptions this does not occur.… Read More
INGSA/Koi Tū EXCLUSIVE Not only could COVID-19 have a devastating effect on already vulnerable sectors of society, but also we anticipate a second, and potentially large cohort of newly at-risk people as a result of the economic downturn, both globally and nationally, and expected ongoing rise in unemployment.
17th June 2020 Peter Gluckman and Remi Quirion For Conseil des relations internationales de Montréal (CORIM) @corim_mcfr @PeterGluckman @SciChefQC
8th June 2020 Alain Beretz The Conversation Directeur de l’Institut de génétique et de biologie moléculaire et cellulaire (Unistra/CNRS/Inserm), Université … Read More
As countries continue to grapple with the impact of Covid-19, there are clear signs that the research sector is about to undergo significant reform. These reforms – in particular those relating to the casualised research workforce – will worsen the precarious conditions for early career researchers. Unless action is taken, an entire generation of science will be affected.… Read More
INGSA/Koi Tū EXCLUSIVE The science we need for good public policy is by necessity a transdisciplinary science. In countries such as Germany, natural scientists were joined from the outset in dealing with the pandemic by experts from social sciences and even normative disciplines like philosophical ethics. This transparent inclusivity of a range of perspectives was not, however, universal.
Koi Tū SPECIAL REPORTS Two reports on how New Zealand and the world can emerge from the COVID pandemic with a fairer, happier and more resilient society. These papers are instructive for all countries as they turn to face what the future could look like.
8th May Leonard Hong The New Zealand Initiative Taiwan is one of the few countries to “flatten the curve” while … Read More
