Latest Past Events

Seminar: Providing scientific advice to the UK Parliament | Dr Chandrika Nath

Room G22, Jubilee Building University of Sussex, Brighton

Dr Chandrika Nath, Deputy Director, Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology Dr Nath is Deputy Director of the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST), Parliament’s in-house source of scientific advice. In this talk Dr Nath will describe how POST works, and how research evidence is incorporated into the parliamentary process. She will also talk...

Public lecture: Prof Anne Glover, Chief Scientific Advisor, European Commission

Jubilee Lecture Theatre University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton

Prof Anne Glover Chief Scientific Adviser to the President, European Commission "What is the right balance between respecting evidence and living in the real world?" Jubilee Lecture Theatre, University of Sussex followed by drinks reception Video This keynote lecture, open to all, is part of the STEPS Centre’s symposium Credibility across cultures: expertise, uncertainty and...

Free

STEPS Centre Annual Symposium

University of Sussex Falmer, Brighton

 Credibility across cultures: expertise, uncertainty and the global politics of scientific advice Scientific 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....

$85