Pollution on land inevitably ends up in the sea. Policy makers must stop working in silos and instead consider the indirect consequences human impacts on land have for marine environments.
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South Africa’s ocean information management system is helping to mitigate security and environmental risks.
Researchers want real-world impact. Lawmakers want programs that work. The public wants to benefit from taxpayer-funded research. Building a bridge from academia to legislatures is key to all three.
Policymakers rely on models during uncertain times to figure out how their choices could affect the future. Over the pandemic, an ensemble of many COVID-19 models outperformed any one alone.
Labor’s new centre will let it trial some new policies. But the government is not yet open to doing cost-benefit analysis on all major projects – like $240 million for a new AFL stadium.
In most countries, ignorance about how to use evidence properly to inform decision-making has led to missteps during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s how to do better.
Parents and caregivers are central to promoting child safety. Improving their ability to prevent injury to children is key.
Ironically, it is the “ivory-tower” economists who tend to do the most interesting, and valuable, work.
The changes that society needs, such as preventing adolescent pregnancies, will not happen until researchers can use their findings to influence policy change.
A survey of over a thousand scientists reveals that their goal when communicating about their work is to help the rest of us make evidence-based decisions that draw on scientific findings.
The Indonesian public sector has some challenges to overcome to be able to design better policies.
Four scientists talk through the ways they now build outreach into their work as a way to spread their research’s impact – something that wasn’t the norm for past generations of academics.
Health research in Indonesia are mostly kept in library shelves instead of being used in policymaking.
The organisation Sense about Science advocates for openness and honesty about research, and ensures the public interest in sound science and evidence is recognised in public debates and policymaking.
President Trump’s first year was a rough one for scientists and others who value truth and expertise. Many rallied to the cause, while others used research to make the case for the value of science.
Science isn’t cold, hard facts uncovered by emotionless robots. Acknowledging how and where values play a role promotes a more realistic view and can advance science’s reputation for reliability.
Hollywood pushes a fantasy version of what neuroscience can do in the courtroom. But the field does have real benefits to offer, right now: solid evidence on what would improve prisons.
Like all good health care, improving health in remote settings requires an evidence base. But forcing all research questions into the randomised controlled trial model is not the answer.
To conserve Earth’s remarkable species, we must also defend the importance of science and scientific integrity.
Can open data change the world? We looked beyond the hype to find out.
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Co-Founder of The Data Tank and Co-Founder and Chief Research and Development Officer of the Governance Laboratory (GovLab), New York University
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Associate Professor of Psychology, Yale University
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Lewis & Clark
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Professor in Lyman Briggs College, Fisheries & Wildlife, and Philosophy, Michigan State University
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Member of EduKnow Research Group at the University of Tampere (Finland), Tampere University
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Affiliate Faculty, Metropolitan State University of Denver
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Professor of Life Sciences Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Research Chair in Macroecology and Conservation, Professor of Biology, Chair of Department of Biology, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Professor, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW Sydney
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Ph.D. Candidate in Cognitive Science, University of California, San Diego
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Professor of Advanced Technology Transitions, Arizona State University
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Professor in Conservation Science, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
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Chair Country Health Research and Innovation, Curtin University
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Lecturer, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Indonesia
