Influencing Policy

The Royal Society has a long track record of providing scientific advice to policy makers. Its earliest report, on the state of Britain’s forests, was published in 1664.

Today, scientific advice to underpin policy is more important than ever before. From neuroscience to nanotechnology, food security to climate change, the questions being asked of scientists by policy makers, the media and the public continue to multiply. Many of the issues are global in nature, and require international collaboration, not just amongst policy makers, but also between scientists.

As part of its 350th Anniversary celebrations in 2010, the Royal Society has established a Science Policy Centre in order to strengthen the independent voice of science in UK, European and international policy. 
 

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What's new?

• Communiqué of the InterAcademy Panel Biodiversity Conference (03 Feb 2010)

• New frontiers in science diplomacy (12 Jan 2010)

• Response to the Office of Science and Technology Policy public consultation on Public Access to Federally Funded Research (07 Jan 2010)

• Response to House of Commons Science and Technology Committee inquiry into the regulation of geoengineering (04 Jan 2010)

• Preventing dangerous climate change (16 Dec 2009)

• Joint Royal Society - NERC - Met Office climate science statement (26 Nov 2009)

• Reaping the benefits: Science and the sustainable intensification of global agriculture (21 Oct 2009)

• Geoengineering the climate: science, governance and uncertainty (01 September 2009)