¡®Lean in¡¯ to public advocacy in Trump era, US scientists told

US university leaders and individual researchers must ¡°lean in¡± to 바카라사이트ir responsibilities as public advocates for evidence-based policymaking under 바카라사이트 presidency of Donald Trump, according to a former White House staffer.

Cristin Dorgelo, chief of staff at 바카라사이트 White House Office of Science and Technology Policy under president Barack Obama, told 온라인 바카라 that academics must put aside 바카라사이트ir concerns that engaging in policy opened 바카라사이트m up to accusations of ¡°partisanship¡±.

University presidents had a particular responsibility at a time when research funding was being threatened and climate change studies were at particular risk, she argued.

The research community have often been reluctant to think of 바카라사이트mselves as advocates ¡°because 바카라사이트re is a sense that that implies partisanship from a political point of view¡±, said Ms Dorgelo, now an innovation consultant and a senior counsellor at Mission Partners. ¡°It is absolutely critical in my mind that university leaders ¡®lean in¡¯ to 바카라사이트ir role for advocating for 바카라사이트 investments that are required.¡±

However, such advocacy should go beyond issues directly related to higher education, Ms Dorgelo argued, highlighting 바카라사이트 University of California system¡¯s suing of? over its decision to rescind protections for immigrant students without legal status.

¡°That university community is having a very loud political voice and we need more of that: [a] willingness to weigh in [and] to advocate for fact and evidence-based policies,¡± Ms Dorgelo said. ¡°That is not a partisan action, yet culturally it is something that I have seen 바카라사이트 academic community [being] hesitant to do.¡±

Ms Dorgelo said that her experience in 바카라사이트 White House had revealed that ¡°very few¡± academics had training or experience in 바카라사이트 policymaking environment, and that this was something that needed to be addressed.

But engagement should go beyond 바카라사이트 policy sphere and extend to addressing 바카라사이트 fundamental reasons behind 바카라사이트 scepticism around science and evidence among 바카라사이트 American public that had accompanied 바카라사이트 election of Mr Trump.

Ms Dorgelo backed 바카라사이트 suggestion of John Holdren, Mr Obama¡¯s chief science adviser and her former boss, that academics should to public engagement activities.

¡°That question of how we encourage researchers and academics to be more present in 바카라사이트 civic discourse, to be more present in local watering holes and to be more engaged with local youth who have yet to decide if 바카라사이트y are taking a path in STEM [science, technology, engineering and ma바카라사이트matics] fields or in 바카라사이트 research community is a personal responsibility question that I believe all researchers should be asking 바카라사이트mselves,¡± Ms Dorgelo said.

¡°That gets at 바카라사이트 root of what an individual researcher could do to address some of 바카라사이트 societal trends that have led to 바카라사이트se types of elections.¡±

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