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Assessing the Role and Impact of Academies in Scientific Advice for Policy-making

This survey summary presents the participation, aims, frequency, and mechanisms for providing scientific advice by academies. It discusses the standing and quality of academy advice, as well as the challenges in measuring impact and the mechanisms for disseminating scientific advice.

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Assessing the Role and Impact of Academies in Scientific Advice for Policy-making

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  1. EASAC survey Summary results for Berlin Workshop 24-25th June, 2010

  2. Participation

  3. AIMS of the Academy - providing scientific advice for policy-making

  4. How INTERESTED are Academies in providing scientific advice?

  5. How frequently Academies provide scientific advice

  6. How frequently Academies give advice at different stages of policy cycle

  7. How the Academies arrive at their scientific advice

  8. Standing of the Academies • “We draw on the expertise of [Academicians], other scientists, social scientists, NGOs, and other experts to scope our work and inform our policy advice.” • “The Academy provides expert, politically unbiased opinion on issues of national interest” • “The role of the Academy as a provider of scientific advice to inform policy-making is being questioned or neglected lately. Why?”

  9. Quality and impact of Academy advice Quality measures Impact assessment “We want to introduce a way of measuring our impact” “We have no resources to measure impact” “We ask policy-makers in order to get a subjective impression of our impact” “We are looking at web metrics to assess interest ,if not impact” • “Our members’ research and academic standing is a measure of quality” • “There is no regular process for peer-review” • “Advice is discussed in the division. The presidium approves it.” • “Academy cannot identify with any trend that may be biased – “we are not Greenpeace” • “Reviewers consider whether in their judgment the evidence and arguments presented in [major] reports are sound and support the conclusions. ”

  10. Mechanisms for disseminating scientific advice

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