science policy

GeoPolicy: Building stronger and more diverse communities at the science-policy interface

Chloe Hill September 30, 2022

One man in a sea of penguins. Taken in 1959. Credit: Adrian Dean. Distributed via Imaggeo

There are numerous reasons why we should want to build stronger and more diverse scientific communities. Greater inclusivity leads to innovation, expands the pool of ideas, broadens perspectives, and encourages more people to engage. Strong and diverse scientific communities allow us to go beyond the information we can produce on our own and scale our research outcomes. But one reason not often ci ...[Read More]

GeoPolicy: Responding to the EU Nature Restoration Law

Chloe Hill August 26, 2022

Lightfall in golden deeps by Julien Seguinot. Distributed via Imaggeo

On 22 June 2022, the European Commission presented its proposal for the EU Nature Restoration Law with the aim to recover biodiverse and resilient nature across the EU. Like all new legislation, the EU Nature Restoration Law was proposed by the European Commission and underwent numerous rounds of feedback from the public, stakeholders, and organisations via the Commission’s Have your say pla ...[Read More]

GeoPolicy: Competencies for researchers to achieve policy impact

Chloe Hill July 27, 2022

Lene Topp, presenting at EGU22. Credit: Chloe Hill

This month’s GeoPolicy Blog post features the Competence Framework ‘Science for Policy’ for researchers developed by the European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC). This newly developed framework introduces the different competences scientists can collectively build to increase their policy impact, and how it can be used by research institutions and organisations. Throughout this post, ...[Read More]

GeoPolicy: How a professional YouTuber inspired a science-policy debate in Europe

Chloe Hill March 4, 2022

Image credit: Burst in Business

I recently had the opportunity to talk with Joachim Allgaier, Professor for Communication and Digital Society at the Fulda University of Applied Sciences in Germany, about how video platforms such as YouTube support science communication and influence political decisions. This month’s GeoPolicy blog post explores some of the benefits of having an accessible online source of information and ...[Read More]