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Date:

Monday 8th February 2010
Title: What should governments do with scientific advice?

Speaker:

Anne Glover, Chief Scientific Adviser for Scotland 

Description:

Scotland is a hotbed of science, engineering and technology. It  leads the world in many areas and has much to contribute to global health, wealth and wellbeing. So what role does science have  in 
shaping what governments do? 

We hear much about evidence-based policy making.  How is evidence collected to inform policy, when and how is it used?  Would the electorate feel comfortable if scientific evidence were the only basis on which policy was constructed?  Would that make the policy more robust than if it were based on the philosophy of a political party or popular opinion? 

If scientific evidence were used in this way, would that be a threat to democracy, as those providing the evidence have not been elected and don't have any responsibilities to the electorate?

Against a background of talking about some of the 
wonderful science that is going on around us, Anne hopes the discussion can address some of these issues and explore how science, engineering and technology can make a better Scotland and a better world.


 

 

 

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