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This page highlights a range of information available online intended for scientists interested in policy and the organisations involved in the policy-making process.

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How the European Union works: Your guide to the EU institutions

European Union
13 October 2015

This publication is a guide on how the European Union (EU) works. To show how the EU works, this publication first explains how EU legislation is made. It then gives further insight into each of the EU institutions, as well as the agencies and bodies supporting them.

How can science policy help to deliver the global goals?

Guardian
9 October 2015

The scientific community has helped to generate the momentum behind the sustainable development goals. By linking evidence to policy in timely, thoughtful and sensitive ways, scientists can now contribute to the task of implementation.

Future Directions for Science Advice in Europe

CSaP
April 2015

Across Europe, scientific evidence and advice is in great demand, to inform policies and decision making on issues such as climate change, new technologies and environmental regulation. But the diversity of political cultures and attitudes to expertise in different European countries can make the task of designing EU-wide advisory institutions and processes both sensitive and complex.

This is a link to a free online book that brings together agenda-setting essays by policymakers, practitioners, scientists and scholars from across Europe.

The Role of Geoscientists in Public Policy: EGU GA 2014

European Geosciences Union
1 May 2014

This EGU General Assembly 2014 session brought together scientists, policymakers and special guests, and equipped attendees with the skills needed to communicate science with policymakers and transfer their knowledge to the policy domain. Speakers: Lydia Harriss (Scientific Advisor in the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, London, UK), Pascale Ehrenfreund (Research Professor of Space Policy and International Affairs, The George Washington University, Washington DC, US; President of the Austrian Science Fund), Don Dingwell (EGU Past President and Former Secretary General of the European Research Council), Mart van Bracht (President of EuroGeoSurveys – The Geological Surveys of Europe), Reinhard Hüttl (Scientific Director of the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam). Moderator: Iain Stewart (Professor of Geoscience Communication at the University of Plymouth)

Policy: The art of science advice to government

Nature
24 March 2014

Peter Gluckman, New Zealand’s chief science adviser and someone who has worked extensively with and in Europe, share’s his top 10 principles for building trust, influence, engagement and independence.

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