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SUMMARY:STEPS Centre Annual Symposium
DESCRIPTION: Credibility across cultures: expertise\, uncertainty and the global politics of scientific advice  \nScientific advice has never been in greater demand; nor has it been more contested. From climate change to cyber-security\, poverty to pandemics\, food technologies to fracking\, the questions being asked of experts by policy makers\, the media and the public continue to multiply. At the same time\, in the wake of the global financial crisis and controversies such as ‘Climategate’\, the authority and legitimacy of experts is under greater scrutiny. And the explosion of social media opens up new channels for debate\, enabling\, and at times forcing\, experts to engage directly with more diverse audiences. \nWorldwide\, we see novel structures for scientific advice being put in place: both through new institutions like the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES); and the appointment of a UK-style ‘chief scientific adviser’ at the European Commission. These issues were also magnified in the run-up to the Rio+20 Earth Summit and in debates over what should succeed the Millennium Development Goals. Following Rio+20 in June 2012\, there has also been a renewed push to ensure that the latest research and evidence informs international policy discussions\, with new initiatives such as Future Earth and the UNESCO science advisory board. \nTackling the sustainability and development challenges of the 21st century will undoubtedly require the ‘best available’ scientific advice: to measure progress; to predict impacts; to identify solutions; and to evaluate options and pathways for decision-making. But what is ‘best advice’ – and how might this idea need to be re-thought – amidst the inherent complexities\, uncertainties and contestations of knowledge and value that pervade so many of today’s challenges? Many questions persist about how to build and maintain robust\, open and accountable processes of expert advice that can operate effectively across disciplines\, sectors\, social contexts and national boundaries. This critical task – of maintaining credibility across cultures – will be the focus of the 2012 STEPS Centre Annual Symposium.  \n\nSTEPS Symposium Programme (pdf 735kb)\nMore details can be found on the Symposium page.\n\nFor further queries contact h.dudley@ids.ac.uk\n\n\nFuture directions for scientific advice in Whitehall\nThis Symposium is part of a series of four events being held about ‘Future directions for scientific advice in Whitehall’\, organised by the The Institute for Government (IfG); The Alliance for Useful Evidence; The University of Cambridge Centre for Science and Policy (CSaP); SPRU and the ESRC STEPS Centre at Sussex University; and Sciencewise-ERC
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-centre-annual-symposium/
LOCATION:University of Sussex\, Falmer\, Brighton\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Governance & policy,Research methods
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SUMMARY:Public lecture: Prof Anne Glover\, Chief Scientific Advisor\, European Commission
DESCRIPTION:Prof Anne Glover \nChief Scientific Adviser to the President\, European Commission \n“What is the right balance between respecting evidence and living in the real world?” \nJubilee Lecture Theatre\, University of Sussex\nfollowed by drinks reception \nVideo\n \nThis keynote lecture\, open to all\, is part of the STEPS Centre’s symposium Credibility across cultures: expertise\, uncertainty and the global politics of scientific advice. \nProfessor Anne Glover is the European Commission’s first Chief Scientific Advisor\, appointed in 2011. Professor Glover served as Chief Scientific Advisor for Scotland from August 2006 to December 2011. She holds a Personal Chair of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of Aberdeen\, and has honorary positions at the Rowett and Macaulay Institutes. She is an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh\, a member of the Natural Environment Research Council\, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology.
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/prof-anne-glover-6-feb-2013/
LOCATION:Jubilee Lecture Theatre\, University of Sussex\, Falmer\, Brighton\, BN1 9SL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Governance & policy,Research methods
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SUMMARY:STEPS Seminar: Alex Arnall\, University of Reading
DESCRIPTION:‘A climate of control: flooding\, displacement and planned resettlement in the Lower Zambezi River valley\, Mozambique’ \nAlexander Huw Arnall\nSchool of Agriculture\, Policy and Development\, University of Reading \nIn recent years\, the potential role of planned\, internal resettlement as a  climate change adaptation measure has been highlighted by national governments and the international policy community. However\, in many developing countries\, resettlement is a deeply political process that often results in unequal distribution of costs and benefits amongst relocated persons. \nThis seminar will examine these tensions in central Mozambique. It will use a political ecology approach to show how a dominant narrative of climate change-induced hazards for small-scale farmers in the Lower Zambezi River valley is contributing to their involuntary resettlement to higher-altitude\, less fertile areas of land. The findings add weight to the argument that a depoliticised interpretation of climate change can deflect attention away from underlying drivers of vulnerability and poverty\, as well as obscure the interests of governments that are intent on reordering poor and vulnerable populations.
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-seminar-alex-arnall-university-of-reading/
LOCATION:Room 100\, Institute of Development Studies\, Library Road\, Falmer\, BN1 9RE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Climate change & energy,Governance & policy
ORGANIZER;CN="STEPS Centre":MAILTO:h.dudley@ids.ac.uk
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