Reports

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• UPDATED SAPEA – Science Advice for Policy by European Academies – Making sense of science for policy under conditions of complexity and uncertainty (July 2019) – Updated with new video highlighting reports. 
• NEW Alliance for Useful Evidence – The Experimenter’s Inventory: A catalogue of experiments for decision-makers and professionals. Anna Hopkins, Jonathan Breckon, James Lawrence (January 2020)
• NEW SITRA – The Future of Knowledge use in Societal Decision-Making – The Finnish Experience and new Directions (Nov 2019)
• NEW UN Global Sustainable Development Report 2019 – The Future is Now: Science for Achieving Sustainable Development
• European Commission Science Advice Mechanism (SAM) – Scientific Advice to European Policy in a Complex World (September 2019)
• Council of Canadian Academies – Building Excellence: Leading Practices for Transforming Canadian Science Through Infrastructure (August 2019)
• European Commission Joint Research Centre – Understanding Our Political Nature – Enlightement 2.0 Research Programme (July 2019)
• INGSA REPORT – INGSA2018 Conference Report (Conference – November 2018)
• Innovation Mapping Now – Why we need innovation mapping – NESTA (March 2019)
• World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) – Science in the newsroom in 2019: Keeping the facts straight (Dec 2018)
• Science Diplomacy Centre, Tufts University – Science Diplomacy – To 2030 and Beyond (November, 2018)
• European Strategy and Policy Analysis System (ESPAS) – Global Trends to 2030: Identities and Biases in the Digital Age (October 2018)
• Science & Policy Exchange Canada – Students as stakeholders in science diplomacy (in English) (in French) (September 2018)
• INGSA REPORT – Digital Wellbeing – Understanding wellbeing in the context of rapid digital and associated transformations: Implications for research, policy and measurement (September 2018)
• The Royal Society & The UK Academy of Medical Science – Evidence Synthesis for Policy: A Statement of Principles (July 2018)
• InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) – Supporting the Sustainable Development Goals: A Guide for Merit-Based Academies (November 2017)
• Sitra: Knowledge in Decision-Making in Finland: Towards Greater Dialogue (November, 2017)
• Science Diplomacy Centre, Tufts University – A Global Network of Science and Technology Advice in Foreign Ministries (September, 2017)
• AAAS: Connecting scientists to policy around the world (February 2017)
• INASP: Approaches for developing capacity for the use of evidence in policy making (September 2016)
• Roope Kaaronen for the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra: Scientific support for sustainable development policies (2016)
• European Policy Centre: Enlightening EU policy-making: evolving scientific advice (September 2016)
• Technopolis Group: The place of research-based evidence in policymaking (2015)
•  Synthesis Report: Science Advice to Governments Conference (Auckland, November 2014)
•  Science Advice to Governments: Diverse Systems, Common Challenges. A briefing document for the Auckland conference (August 2014)

• National Research Council: Public Participation in Environmental Assessment and Decision Making, National Academies Press (2008)

• James Wilsdon and Robert Doubleday: Future directions for scientific advice in Whitehall, Centre for Science and Policy (2013). A collection of essays based on a recent series of seminars to stimulate fresh thinking and practical recommendations on future directions in scientific advice in Whitehall.

• James Wilsdon and Robert Doubleday: Future Directions for Science Advice in Europe, Centre for Science and Policy (2015).

• UK House of Commons Science and Technology Committee: Scientific advice and evidence in emergencies: third report of session 2010–11 (2011). An example of a review of the use of science in government.

• Council of Canadian Academies: Science Culture: Where Canada Stands (2014). Report on Canada’s science culture.

• Peter Gluckman, NZ Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor: The Role of Evidence in Policy Formation and Implementation. Office of the Prime Minister’s Science Advisory Committee (2013). Survey conducted by the NZ Chief Science Advisor on public servants’ attitudes towards science advice in Government.

• Danish Agency for Science Technology and Innovation: The Effect of the Industrial PhD Programme on Employment and Income (2012)

• European Commission’s Science and Technology Advisory Council: Science For an Informed, Sustainable and Inclusive Knowledge Society

• Royal Society: New frontiers in Science Diplomacy

• OECD – Global Science Forum: The Role and Responsibility of Expert Bodies and Individual Scientists (2015)

• Government Office of Science UK: Innovation: Managing Risk, Not Avoiding it – Sir Mark Walport, 2014

• Matthew Gaudreau and Marc Saner: Researchers Are From Mars; Policymakers Are From Venus: Collaboration Across the System

• Matthew Gaudreau and Marc Saner: From Many to One: Integration of Knowledge and Values in Decision-making

• Matthew Gaudreau, Michael Bordt and Marc Saner: Dealing with Not Knowing: Evaluating and Communicating Uncertainty at the Science/Policy Interface

• Bill Jarvis: The Role and Responsibilities of the Scientist in Public Policy: A Discussion Paper on Science and Government

• Bill Jarvis: A Question of Balance: New Approaches for Science Based Regulations

• UK Government: What works: evidence centres for social policy (2013)

• Chief Scientist of Quebec: Report of the Montreal Think Tank on Science Advice (2014)