Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences

INSTAAR Seminar: Policy - Should it be based on fact or fiction?

Monday October 26 2015 @ 12:00 pm
to 1:00 pm

October

26

Mon

2015

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Event Type
Seminar
Availability

Open to Public

Audience
  • CIRES employees
  • CU Boulder employees
  • General Public
  • NOAA employees
  • Science collaborators
  • Host
    CU Boulder

    Joint Research Centre European Commission

    by Dr. Jan Marco Mueller

    While policies both in the US and Europe are committed to be evidence-based, in practice political decisions are often not based on sound science. This is because science is just one element in the policy-making process, which follows also social, economic, and ethical / religious considerations to name just a few. The lecture analyses the relationship between science and policy and gives recommendations on how to enhance the impact of science on policy-making.