Engaging With Policymakers
Roughly 90% of researchers in a recent survey said scientists and policymakers don't communicate enough. But, only about 60% said they were sure of the names of their elected federal representatives.
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Category 5 or tempest in a teapot?
In "Falling Behind?" Michael Teitelbaum describes how the "hog cycle" phenomenon played out in the U.S. science and engineering workforce from the end of World War II through the 1998–2005 doubling of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) budget and subsequent leveling off of funding.
Policies to increase the social value of science and the scientist satisfaction
An exploratory survey among Harvard bioscientists
The art of science advice to government
Peter Gluckman, New Zealand's chief science adviser, offers his ten principles for building trust, influence, engagement and independence.
Modelling science as a contribution good
The non-rivalness of scientific knowledge has traditionally underpinned its status as a public good. This publication models science as a contribution game in which spillovers differentially benefit contributors over non-contributors.
Professors, we need you!
Some of the smartest thinkers on problems at home and around the world are university professors, but most of them just don't matter in today's great debates.
Policymakers' and scientists' ranks of research priorities for resource-management policy
Policymakers' and scientists' ranks of research priorities for resource-management policy
Survey on 40 research questions amongst science policy makers suggests that participatory exercises can establish priorities to guide funders of research.
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