“Unite behind the Science!” Climate movements’ relations to science in narratives on environmental futures
On 9 February, we welcome Simone Rödder (Universität Hamburg) to SKAPE as part of our seminar series.
Science policy
Reflections on the impact of Covid-19
This blog post is a summary of the SKAPE Seminar on 24 June 2020 on the impact of Covid-19 on the study of the relationship between science, knowledge and policy.
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Seven questions for studying science, knowledge and policy in a Covid-19 world
From the beginning of this crisis, we have witnessed a growing importance of the questions of the role of science, knowledge and expertise in politics and society. As the SKAPE community, we have been exploring these themes from multiple perspectives for nearly a decade and during this challenging time, we would like to open up a discussion on potential impacts of COVID-19 on this field and offer a space for scholars working in different disciplines to engage in a debate. In this blog, we identify seven questions that emerge in this new reality and explain them in the UK context – though we are aware that our themes are not comprehensive nor that the UK is alone in this pandemic.
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How to engage effectively and ‘speak truth to power’
Paul Cairney discusses notions of trust and the idea of ‘speaking truth to power’ for scientists in science policy debates with policymakers.
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Think-tanks and the governance of science
Martyn Pickersgill and Emilie Cloatre reflect on the discussions held during the event entitled ‘Regulating Bioscience: Between the Ivory Tower and the Policy Room’, which took place on 6 October 2014 at the Wellcome Trust Conference Centre.
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