INGSA Horizons

May 23 2023 10 ep. 41 mins 23
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Great conversations at the intersection between science, society and policy. Brought to you by the world's leading network for science advice and science diplomacy practitioners, INGSA Horizons is a podcast of challenging topics of interest to everyone. Join us as we explore this critical, but often contested, space between evidence and smart public policy.

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Sir Patrick Vallance and Dr Mona Nemer in discussion - Frontline Science Advice

May 23 2023 25 mins  
INGSA Horizon Podcast - In-depth conversations with the leading global experts at the science/society/policy interface.In the final months of his tenure as the UK Government's Chief Scientific Advisor, Sir Patrick Vallance sat down with Dr Mona Nemer, Canada's Chief Science Advisor, to discuss the challenges they've faced, the opportunities they see, and the future for science advi

Enabling Evidence Support Systems for Better Public Policy- Prof John Lavis and Dr Soledad Quiroz

May 08 2023 45 mins  
INGSA Horizon Series - In-depth conversations with the leading global experts at the science/society/policy interface.Prof John Lavis is the Co-Lead of the Global Commission on Evidence to Address Societal Challenges. Dr Soledad Quiroz-Valenzuela is an INGSA Vice-President and one of the Commissions that was charged with investigating opportunities to arm the world's policy-makers

BONUS: Rémi Quirion on the languages of global science advice - Science for Policy Podcast

Sep 25 2022 34 mins  
In a special, bonus episode we bring you the latest discussion from the Science for Policy Podcast. If you are interested in the science/policy/society interfaces then we recommend you check out their extensive back-catalogue of episodes! Find out more at www.sapea.info and thanks to the Science for Policy podcast for sharing their chat with INGSA President, Prof Remi Quirion on th

Cities as solutions - Science advice where we live

Jan 09 2022 43 mins  
Featuring:Prof Anna Davies Trinity, Centre for Smart and Sustainable CitiesProf Edgar Pieterse, African Centre for CitiesMs Alice Charles, World Economic Forum GenevaMr John Mauro, City of Port Townsend, WashingtonProf Marie-Christine Therrien, Cité-ID Liv­ing LabCities are increasingly the key implementer of international, national, and local policy. They are where policy and th

Fast & Fair Societal Transformation: Social science & humanities in Science Advice

Jan 09 2022 44 mins  
How can knowledge from the social sciences and humanities be better utilised by policymakers to address our sustainability challenges and complement traditional technological and physical scientific advice? What happens when different types of advice challenge one another? And how can different types of social science contribute to solutions from different perspectives.Featuring:Dr

The logic of our feelings - Balancing 'Facts' and 'Values' in policymaking

Jan 09 2022 43 mins  
Featuring:A/Prof Manuela Fernández Pinto, Universidad de los AndesA/Prof Heather Douglas, Michigan State UniversityMr David Mair, Joint Research Centre of the European CommissionProf Dr Asma Ismail, Academy of Sciences MalaysiaMaking space for public values in science advice to government is heralded as a protection against technocracy, and yet the legitimacy of scientific knowled

Interrogating Foresight: Science advice and predicting the future

Jan 09 2022 42 mins  
The concept of ‘foresight’ has been in and out of fashion with governments for decades, and the science community has been calling attention to long-term issues for even longer. Yet, the world was still unprepared for Covid-19 in the same way that we will be surprised when the impact of climate change and other SDG challenges begin to accelerate through cumulative impact cycles

Science Advice from the frontline - Salim Abdool Karim

Jan 09 2022 43 mins  
Featuring:Prof Salim Abdool Karim, CAPRISA Professor of Global Health at Columbia UniversityInès Hassan, Senior Projects Manager at the International Science CouncilWhen dealing with a crisis, everybody wants certainty – citizens want reassurance, scientists want facts, policymakers want solutions. How can scientists and policymakers navigate a situation where there is no certai

Is the paradigm shifting? Rethinking our models

Jan 09 2022 48 mins  
Science advice is built on a foundation of established models of knowledge production, policy-making and the science-policy-society relationship. But all of these are currently in flux. How do we provide advice in a context when foundational assumptions are changing? This panel explores key examples of changing discourses and how they intersect and interact to form new social, econ

A cacophony of evidence - Daniel Sarewitz and Sabina Leonelli

Jan 09 2022 46 mins  
Featuring:Prof Daniel Sarewitz, Emeritus Professor, Arizona State UniversityProf Sabina Leonelli, Philosophy and History of Science, University of ExeterEven before the pandemic, the role that robust knowledge and experts played in our democracies was a complicated one. Technology, globalisation, demographic change, and other major shifts in all of our lives feel like they have bee