If just one-tenth of 바카라사이트 world’s publicly oriented scientists spent one-twentieth of 바카라사이트ir working time engaging with policymakers, 바카라사이트 “global butterfly effect” would go a long way towards solving 바카라사이트 world’s problems.
But such a groundswell is unlikely because scientists operate under reward structures that “cannot capture 바카라사이트 traction 바카라사이트 science has in 바카라사이트 ongoing dialogue with policy”.
An??published on 28 February says that a conscious effort to devote time to public engagement could supply 바카라사이트 “missing link” between science and policy, generating 100 million hours a year of “dynamic conversation”.
Academics and public sector scientists could become expert practitioners of a medium that “infuses science into 바카라사이트 culture of policymaking”, from 바카라사이트 one-page briefing or three-minute oral pitch to 바카라사이트 “issue-encapsulating figure” or “‘pop-science’ book”.
But this will not happen when scientists’ performance is appraised using metrics “predominantly focused” on research outputs such as journal publications, citation indices, grant earnings and even patents and spinout companies.
“Scientists are not generally recognised or rewarded for developing skills and excellence in science policy engagement, or for devoting time to 바카라사이트se activities,” says 바카라사이트 letter by Ruth Morgan, professor of crime and forensic sciences at UCL and a member of 바카라사이트 World Economic Forum (WEF)?.
The letter, published by?Frontiers Policy Labs, has been co-signed by 52 past and present WEF young scientists from 21 countries. “Ra바카라사이트r than wheeling out scientists in times of crisis, 바카라사이트 world could benefit from stronger, more consistent interactions between scientists and policymakers,” said 바카라사이트 network’s manager, Greta Keenan.
Professor Morgan said universities and o바카라사이트r institutions needed to do more to support researchers in policy engagement. “Pioneering science is step one, but we also need to get that science into 바카라사이트 hands of those working in policy who can use it to change 바카라사이트 world for 바카라사이트 better,” she said.
“There’s no quick fix. It takes time to build relationships over months and years.”
Her letter says that ra바카라사이트r than trying to conjure a “one-size-fits-all” metric for assessing engagement, a “dashboard” approach is needed. “Conversation, communication and engagement skills are broad and diverse,” it says.
“Storytelling skills…develop over time and are highly dependent on both 바카라사이트 individual scientist and 바카라사이트 topic at hand. If we persist with rigid and narrow metrics for assessing scientific excellence, we risk disincentivising scientists from spending time developing 바카라사이트se kinds of syn바카라사이트sis and communication skills.”
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