Science policy

No one underestimates the difficulty of shoehorning science into policy. Partiality is inevitable, but policy makers need to be transparent in showing what underlies their decisions - and what evidence they choose to ignore

As a former investment banker, Macron understands venture capital and what it takes to promote innovation. He wants to push on with university reform and improve science teaching, but the exact shape of his agenda hangs on parliamentary elections

New Zealand's chief science adviser Peter Gluckman says the demand for expert advice keeps on growing, despite an apparent dismissal of evidence in politics today

Registration is now open for the second International Network for Government Science Advice Conference on science and policymaking, which will take place on 29 and 30 September in Brussels

Robert Madelin, adviser on innovation at the European Political Strategy Centre says the new advice body has introduced talent and ideas - and has the ear of President Juncker.

The proposed multibillion-euro science cloud could become an expensive drain, like the Galileo satellite navigation project, fears Swedish MEP Christofer Fjellner

Panel’s first assignments will be cybersecurity and CO2 emissions

Rolf-Dieter Heuer, outgoing head of CERN, is the name with most international recognition, but researchers applauded the choice of the other panel members. Now the exact role and responsibilities of the panel need spelling out