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Science Policy and Diplomacy Newsletter—Special edition December 2020

Science Policy and Diplomacy special edition December 2020
 

The Science Policy and Diplomacy Newsletter of the ¾«¶«ÊÓÆµ highlights important science policy discussion and events in Australia and around the globe. We report on the involvement of science in national and international policy and diplomacy, and the Academy’s contributions to these discussions.

The Academy has produced this special edition of the Science Policy and Diplomacy Newsletter to showcase the organisations that operate in the science policy and diplomacy realm. This showcase has produced a list of resources that offer insight into the issues and discussions in science policy and diplomacy.


The Academy’s Annual Fellows’ Christmas Book and Podcast List 2020

The ¾«¶«ÊÓÆµâ€™s Annual Fellows’ Christmas Book and Podcast List contains 37 favourite reads (and listens) recommended by the Academy’s Fellows.

Academy Fellows Dr TJ Higgins and Professor Frances Separovic (and Gigi) with their favourite books of this year. Photos: supplied

Recommendations from organisations in science policy and diplomacy

Royal Society

The recognises, promotes and supports excellence in science and encourages the development and use of science for the benefit of humanity.

The Royal Society offers on topics relevant to discussions within science policy and diplomacy that are authored by leading scientists. Recommendations from the Society include:

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The Society also recommends , a book by a former Chief Science Policy Officer. The book offers an accessible overview aimed at policymakers looking to understand how to work with researchers, researchers looking to work with policymakers, and people working at the interface in science advice, public engagement and communication of science, and in expert support to decision-making in the public and private sectors. In addition to outlining recent insights, the book also brings in relevant areas such as modelling, futures and narrative.

International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA)

INGSA provides the forum for policymakers, practitioners, national academies, scientific societies and researchers to share experience, build capacities and develop theoretical and practical approaches to the use of scientific evidence in informing policy at all levels of government. INGSA has produced and collated resources on the pandemic, including:

 
  • – a website collating articles, reports, papers and resource lists related to how evidence has been used (or not) in developing COVID-19 policy around the world
  • – a database tracking policy interventions from over 100 jurisdictions around the world during the first phase of the pandemic. View interventions by country with a focus on evidence-to-policy pathways.

In September 2020, INGSA hosted a Week of Global Dialogue with the theme, All sessions, featuring experts from around the world, can now be watched.

INGSA also released the first report from the INGSA Evidence-to-Policy Tracker, , looking at evidence flows in several jurisdictions.

Nature

Nature is the world’s leading multidisciplinary science journal. The offer a look into the contributions of scientists to policy discussions and issues that impact international science, and many other topics. The particularly offers discussions with scientists on a range of topics. Of particular interest to science policy and diplomacy is , a three-part podcast series that discusses the relationship between science and policy.

 

Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science

The at the Australian National University investigates the ways science is being communicated in the public arena, new ways to excite the public imagination about science and methods to encourage informed decisions about scientific issues. A book just out and free to download, , tells the stories from 39 countries and jurisdictions post the Second World War. It details the emergence of science communication across the world.

International Science Council (ISC)

The ISC is an international non-government organisation that brings together the international scientific unions and associations and science academies from around the world. The ISC publishes regular that highlight issues and discussions in international science and science policy.

A collaboration between the ISC and the ¾«¶«ÊÓÆµ has produced , which shares scientific expertise directly from experts, while educating, entertaining and informing viewers on major issues of scientific relevance.

 

SDGs: the science report

is the first Global Sustainable Development Report prepared by the Independent Group of Scientists appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General. It complements the annual Sustainable Development Goals progress report prepared by the Secretary-General.

 
 

All European Academies (ALLEA)

ALLEA is the European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities, representing more than 50 academies from over 40 countries in Europe. ALLEA operates at the interface of science, policy and society and speaks out on behalf of its members to promote science as a global public good. ALLEA has released , a book examining the lives and achievements of women who played determining roles in the history of European academies and in the development of modern science in Europe.

Science Advice for Policy by European Academies (SAPEA) Podcast

SAPEA brings together outstanding expertise in engineering, humanities, medicine, natural and social sciences from over 100 academies, young academies and learned societies across Europe. The asks questions on the role of science for policy, and how science shapes and informs policymaking. The podcast explores these questions and many more in conversation with the politicians, policymakers, academics and science communicators who make science advice happen around the world.

Science & Diplomacy

is an online publication from the . The online journal publishes articles and provides a forum for rigorous thought, analysis and insight for stakeholders who develop, implement or teach all aspects of science and diplomacy. .

Policy, Expertise and Trust (PERITIA)

Funded by the European Commission, is an international research project exploring the conditions under which people trust expertise used for shaping public policy. PERITIA releases a quarterly newsletter briefing on the latest news and resources of their research. .

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