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Making sense of science

En rapport fra europeiske vitenskapsakademier.

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The global challenges, like climate change, loss of biodiversity and migration, are very complex. At the same time, the research areas are characterised by uncertainty and conflicts. How does politicians find the best available knowledge? How do we create good road maps for science for policy?

The science academies of the EU has recently published the report Making Sense of Science, on how scientific knowledge can be a good fundament for policies in times of complexitity and uncertainty.

What characterises effective research based policy making in the EU? Can the experiences from EU be used in Norwegian conditions?

Se the presentations and discussions here:

Forskningsbasert politikk? – 04.11.19, del 1

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Litteraturhuset i Oslo

Forskningsbasert politikk? – 04.11.19, del 2

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Litteraturhuset i Oslo

The report is published by SAPEA (Science Advice for Policy by European Academies).

Read the report here

Part A	The European Dimension: International science advice; Making Sense of Science report - MASOS
12.10 -12.25	The SAPEA Mechanism Professor Ole Petersen CBE FRS, Director of Academia Europaea Cardiff Knowledge Hub´s SAPEA Project
12.25 -12.45	The MASOS Report, member of the report writing group Professor Jeroen P. Van der Sluijs, University of Bergen
12.45 -12.55	The MASOS report; views, suggestions and perspectives Professor Silvio Funtowicz, University of Bergen
12.55 -13.15	The Finnish Science Advice Project: SOFI. Professor Risto M. Nieminen, President of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters
13.15 -14.00	Panel discussion: What characterizes effective research based policy-making in the EU?
Moderator: Professor Matthias Kaiser, UiB	Panelists: Ole Petersen, Jeroen P. Van der Sluijs, Silvio Funtowicz, Risto M. Nieminen.
14.00 -14.15	Break
Part B	Norwegian dimension: The role of science in Norwegian policy making
14.15 -14.35	Science advice as seen from academia Øystein Hov, Secretary General of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
14.35 -14.55	Science advice as seen from the policy side State Secretary Rebekka Borsch, Ministry of Education and Research
14.55 -15.15	Science advice as seen from a research unit Deputy Managing Director Kyrre Lekve, Simula
15.15 -16.00	Panel discussion: Current science advice practices in Norway vs the experience and advice summarized in the Making Sense of Science report: What can we learn? How to co-design and co-create the evolution of knowledge and important policy processes? And what about discipline dependencies?
Moderator: TBA	Panelists: Øystein Hov, Rebekka Borsch, Kyrre Lekve and Torbjørn Digernes, Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences.

Seminar

04.11.2019 - 11.30–16.00

Litteraturhuset, Wergelandsveien 29, 0167 Oslo

Kristin Hansen

DNVA.no

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Academia Europaea Knowledge Hub Bergen

The Academia Europaea is the pan-European Academy of Humanities, Letters, Law, and Sciences. The Academia was founded in 1988 as the functioning Europe-wide Academy that encompasses all fields of scholarly inquiry.

The Bergen Knowledge Hub aims to

Provide knowledge and ideas that connect research and scholarship with policymaking
Engage with the public and society to promote the best research from the region and for the region
Become a platform to develop science advice on marine, maritime, energy and environmental issues, with emphasis on the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals.

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (Norwegian: Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi, DNVA) is a learned society based in Oslo, Norway. Its purpose is to support the advancement of science and scholarship in Norway.