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Introduction

The GYA Science Advice Resource Centre is a platform that provides basic information on Science Advice. This platform is intended to be an initial entry point for Early-Career Researchers into Scientific Advice matter.

How it came into being

The GYA Science Advice Resource Centre consists of selected peer-reviewed articles on the topic, predigested by GYA members. The texts are the results of an internal writing contest held between April and May 2021. 

What you will find here

To develop this platform, the GYA Science Advice Working Group organised a writing contest amongst the GYA members. The main objective of this contest was to integrate the essential literature in the field and create, at the same time, the content of the platform. Each registered participant received a selected peer-reviewed article with the instruction to draft a 500-word summary, including storytelling elements on it. All the contestants received a digital copy of the OECD report “Building Capacity for Evidence-Informed Policy-Making. Lessons from Country Experiences”, and four winners were awarded hard copies of the book “The Honest Broker. Making Sense of Science in Policy and Politics” by Roger Pielke Jr.

The inventory of resources already established by the International Network for Governmental Science Advice (INGSA Resources) served as the base for the article selection. Such selection, whenever possible, tried to include authors from diverse geographical origins and from different scientific topics.

How to use the Science Advice Resource Center

The Science Advice Resource Center comprises three categories of resources: Government Scientific Advice (one winner plus eight runners-up), Science Policy-Making (two winners plus eight runners-up), and Science Diplomacy & Science Communication (one winner and six runners-up). Within each category, the resources are organised by alphabetical order of the author’s names.

To read the resources, please access the PDFs by clicking on the links.

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The Science Advice Working Group (SA WG)

The GYA Science Advice Working Group focuses on building and enhancing scientific advisory capacities for ECRs. As such, the Working Group organises concrete actions to build a community of young scientists and practitioners around this topic.

The GYA Science Advice Resource Center responds to the Working Group mandate. We expect that this outcome serves as one of the first entry points of ECRs to essential science advice literature.

Explore the Science Advice Resource Center

Government Scientific Advice

Science should have a privileged position informing governments and decision-makers for policy development. In order to achieve a real impact, ECRs should have a basic understanding of the topic.  This resources category groups nine articles dealing with scientific advice to national, regional and international decision-makers.

Winner

Anyone Advising Advisors? Scientists at the policy interface
  • Instead of focusing on leaders not following advice we must examine their advisors’ approach.
  • Advisors would benefit from seeing their role as constantly evolving to better serve society.
  • Growth and development of the field require research into the learning process of advisors.
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by André Xuereb
Sustainability Done Good

Sustainability science for the SDGs. Expansion of sustainability science needed for the SDGs

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by André Xuereb
Science Leads – A Tale of Humanity

Six Transformations to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

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by Diaksha Ramdhunee
Paving a path from pessimism to confident decision-making

How can we demonstrate the public value of evidence-based policy making when government ministers declare that the people “have had enough of experts”?

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by Henna Draycott
Academic culture must evolve to remain societal-relevant

Evolving academic culture to meet societal needs

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by Hong Ching
Progress of science and technology for disaster reduction in Asia

Perspectives of Science and Technology in Disaster Risk Reduction of Asia

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by Malan Ketcha Armand Kablan
How does spatial and temporal aspects influence science advice?

Temporal and spatial dimensions in the management of scientific advice to governments

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by Monika Kedra
Building the Foundations for Scientific Advice in the International Context

Building the Foundations for Scientific Advice in the International Context

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by Nova Ahmed
Lessons on science advisory systems: a perspective from Canada

Reflections on science advisory systems in Canada

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by Sashan Manikam

Science Policy-making

As experts in their respective fields, ECRs have a duty and an opportunity to help to inform science policy. This resources category groups ten articles dealing with the integration of science into policy and society.

Winner

How to navigate the ‘how to’ literature on influencing policy
  • There are few empirical studies about how scientists can influence policy and create impact, and yet, how-to literature on this topic abounds.
  • The one-size fits all model in much of this how-to literature privileges scientists with time, access, resources and confidence.
  • Researchers wishing to make policy impact may spend their time more wisely by reading less how-to articles, and instead clarifying, alongside with their universities, their purpose, goals and available/required resources.
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by Anna Harris

Winner

The Science of statistics as a means of shaping the world through science
  • Science is shaping the world, the entire world!
  • Government policies though, are not common in all countries of the world, in some countries they are based on scientific data, in others not so much.
  • In developing countries such as Nigeria, there is a gap between policy-making and scientific facts and this, needs to change!
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by Myrtani Pieri
Closing the gap between evidence construction and policy impact

Integrating evidence, politics and society: a methodology for the science–policy interface

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by Alma Hernández-Mondragón
New funding approaches towards Challenge-driven research

The construction of new scientific norms for solving Grand Challenges

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by Alma Hernández-Mondragón
Policy learning, a proactive approach: Clash of the clans rebooted?

Scientific assessments to facilitate deliberative policy

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by Henna Draycott
Science-policy-practice for climate research and action in cities

Accelerating climate research and action in cities through advanced science-policy-practice partnerships

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by Malan Ketcha Armand Kablan
We Need an Einstein in Every Ally McBeal

Evaluation of the quality of science, technology and innovation advice available to lawmakers in Nigeria

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by Mimi Haryani
Synthesizing evidence for science advice using four principles

Four principles to make evidence synthesis more useful for policy

 

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by Sashan Manikam
Dissecting Research Proposal under a Microscope Lens

A better measure of research from the global south

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by Thomas Edison Dela Cruz
Team work is Dream work – researchers & policy makers working together!

Maximising the availability and use of high-quality evidence for policymaking: collaborative, targeted and efficient evidence reviews

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by Vanessa Singh

Science Diplomacy and Science Communication

Scientific inputs to national and international decision-makers and policymakers are crucial, as well as communicating science to the broader society. This resource category groups seven articles dealing with the interlinkage of scientific advice with science diplomacy or science communication.

Winner

Red riding hood and the Big Bad Wolf: Advice for effective science communication
  • It should be admitted that cognitive biases usually blamed to policymakers are also found in the scientific community.
  • There are three things to consider to establish an effective communication channel between scientists and policymaking: selective information to be shared, appropriate timing to act, engagement with real policy making is expected.
  • The message is scientists should put themselves in the policymakers’ shoes and instead of sitting back and waiting for policymakers to change, they should also think how to adapt their strategy to approach them.
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by Roula Inglesi-Lotz
Practical tips by ‘knowledge brokers’ for academic-policy communication

Creating and communicating social research for policymakers in government

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by Hong Ching
The International Network for Government Science Advice: we want you!

Science advice to governments: an emerging dimension of science diplomacy

https://www.sciencediplomacy.org/article/2016/science-advice-governments

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by Ignacio Palomo
Biases in Science Diplomacy: Read the disclaimer first

Conceptualizing science diplomacy in the practitioner-driven literature: a critical review

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by Pradeep Kumar
People don’t respond always to facts, here’s how to tell compelling stories (based on the literature)

How can we use the ‘science of stories’ to produce persuasive scientific stories?

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by Robert Lepenies
No cold war can stop this

Evolution of Science Diplomacy and Its Local-Global Applications

 

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by Thomas Tagoe
Gray literature: storytelling to influence evidence-based policy

Storytelling and evidence-based policy: lessons from the grey literature https://doi.org/10.1057/palcomms.2017.93

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by Wibool Piyawattanametha

Credit: Felipe Serrano, biologist and scientific illustrator, kindly created and provided the illustrations used on this page. Find out more about him and his work on his website and Instragram account: illustrative-science.com | Instagram: biologo_ilustrador

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