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Great conversations at the intersection between science, society and policy. Brought to you by the world's leading network for science advice and science diplomacy practitioners, INGSA Horizons is a podcast of challenging topics of interest to everyone. COVID pulled back the curtain on the importance of good science informing smart policy - join us as we explore this critical, but often invisible, space between.
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INGSA Horizon Podcast - In-depth conversations with the leading global experts at the science/society/policy interface. In the final months of his tenure as the UK Government's Chief Scientific Advisor, Sir Patrick Vallance sat down with Dr Mona Nemer, Canada's Chief Science Advisor, to discuss the challenges they've faced, the opportunities they s…
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Enabling Evidence Support Systems for Better Public Policy- Prof John Lavis and Dr Soledad Quiroz
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INGSA Horizon Series - In-depth conversations with the leading global experts at the science/society/policy interface. Prof John Lavis is the Co-Lead of the Global Commission on Evidence to Address Societal Challenges. Dr Soledad Quiroz-Valenzuela is an INGSA Vice-President and one of the Commissions that was charged with investigating opportunitie…
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In a special, bonus episode we bring you the latest discussion from the Science for Policy Podcast. If you are interested in the science/policy/society interfaces then we recommend you check out their extensive back-catalogue of episodes! Find out more at www.sapea.info and thanks to the Science for Policy podcast for sharing their chat with INGSA …
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Featuring: Prof Anna Davies Trinity, Centre for Smart and Sustainable Cities Prof Edgar Pieterse, African Centre for Cities Ms Alice Charles, World Economic Forum Geneva Mr John Mauro, City of Port Townsend, Washington Prof Marie-Christine Therrien, Cité-ID Living Lab Cities are increasingly the key implementer of international, national, and loca…
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How can knowledge from the social sciences and humanities be better utilised by policymakers to address our sustainability challenges and complement traditional technological and physical scientific advice? What happens when different types of advice challenge one another? And how can different types of social science contribute to solutions from d…
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Featuring: A/Prof Manuela Fernández Pinto, Universidad de los Andes A/Prof Heather Douglas, Michigan State University Mr David Mair, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission Prof Dr Asma Ismail, Academy of Sciences Malaysia Making space for public values in science advice to government is heralded as a protection against technocracy, and ye…
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The concept of ‘foresight’ has been in and out of fashion with governments for decades, and the science community has been calling attention to long-term issues for even longer. Yet, the world was still unprepared for Covid-19 in the same way that we will be surprised when the impact of climate change and other SDG challenges begin to accelerate th…
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Featuring: Prof Salim Abdool Karim, CAPRISA Professor of Global Health at Columbia University Inès Hassan, Senior Projects Manager at the International Science Council When dealing with a crisis, everybody wants certainty – citizens want reassurance, scientists want facts, policymakers want solutions. How can scientists and policymakers navigate a …
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Science advice is built on a foundation of established models of knowledge production, policy-making and the science-policy-society relationship. But all of these are currently in flux. How do we provide advice in a context when foundational assumptions are changing? This panel explores key examples of changing discourses and how they intersect and…
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Featuring: Prof Daniel Sarewitz, Emeritus Professor, Arizona State University Prof Sabina Leonelli, Philosophy and History of Science, University of Exeter Even before the pandemic, the role that robust knowledge and experts played in our democracies was a complicated one. Technology, globalisation, demographic change, and other major shifts in all…
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