Senior communications officer
The International Science Council (ISC) is a non-governmental organisation with a unique global membership that brings together 40 international scientific Unions and Associations and over 140 national and regional...
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Research Uptake Officer (Environmental Health)
The Environmental Health Group seeks a dynamic Research Uptake Officer for the SHARE research consortium programme. SHARE aims to generate knowledge to improve systems for sanitation and hygiene delivery. The...
The 7 biggest problems facing scientists (in think tanks)
Vox has recently published an excellent piece on The 7 biggest problems facing science, according to 270 scientists. This is worth reading for anyone interested in the...
Writing for Change: An Interactive Guide to Effective Writing, Writing for Science, and Writing for Advocacy
Most of us have to write formally as part of our work and, as we know, effective writing gets results. Few of us, however, have been trained to write effectively and many of us see writing as...
Developing countries are investing in science and technology, but what about the social sciences?
It is always heartening to read about a developing country government investing in the production of high quality knowledge and education. Chile’s recent efforts in...
Julia Day and Adrian Ely, Impact, Communication and Engagement Managers at the STEPS Centre
At the end of October, the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) awarded the ESRC STEPS Centre its prestigious new Ziman award for...
Add salt to your communications strategy
Think tanks and research programmes are increasingly turning to the web as a channel of communication. They are setting up blogs, Facebook pages, Twitter accounts, and signing up to as many...
The true value of science?
Ryan Meyer has published an article Nature that considers the true value of US climate science that is particularly relevant to the contribution that think tanks can make. It starts with a...
The limits of the scientific method and the need to merge science and innovation
After a visit to CIGI to discuss the value of think tanks I blogged about Roger Martin's presentation and idea of the 'logical leap of the mind'. He has published an...
Mexico’s public think tanks’ network: support the system
A few months ago I had a discussion with a colleague about how to support research and policymaking in a country without having to pick 'winners' -i.e. funding a...
When evidence will not make a difference: motivated reasoning
Chris Mooney's article (The Science of Why We Don't Believe Science) on motivated reasoning must strike a chord with the onthinktanks' audience. Reasoning is actually...
Observations: The line between science and journalism is getting blurry….again
I should be going bed now but could not wait until tomorrow morning to post this fantastic article by Bora Zivkovic about the history of science and journalism told...
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