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Open science communication: the first year of the UK's Independent Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies
The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a light on the complex relationship between science and policy. Policymakers have had to make decisions at speed in conditions of uncertainty, implementing policies that have had profound consequences for people's lives. Yet this process has sometimes been charac...
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| author | Martin McKee Danny Altmann Anthony Costello Karl Friston Zubaida Haque Kamlesh Khunti Susan Michie Tolullah Oni Christina Pagel Deenan Pillay Steve Reicher Helen Salisbury Gabriel Scally Kit Yates Linda Bauld Laura Bear John Drury Melissa Parker Ann Phoenix Elizabeth Stokoe Robert West |
| author_facet | Martin McKee Danny Altmann Anthony Costello Karl Friston Zubaida Haque Kamlesh Khunti Susan Michie Tolullah Oni Christina Pagel Deenan Pillay Steve Reicher Helen Salisbury Gabriel Scally Kit Yates Linda Bauld Laura Bear John Drury Melissa Parker Ann Phoenix Elizabeth Stokoe Robert West |
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| description | The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a light on the complex relationship between science and policy. Policymakers have had to make decisions at speed in conditions of uncertainty, implementing policies that have had profound consequences for people's lives. Yet this process has sometimes been characterised by fragmentation, opacity and a disconnect between evidence and policy. In the United Kingdom, concerns about the secrecy that initially surrounded this process led to the creation of Independent SAGE, an unofficial group of scientists from different disciplines that came together to ask policy-relevant questions, review the evolving evidence, and make evidence-based recommendations. The group took a public health approach with a population perspective, worked in a holistic transdisciplinary way, and were committed to public engagement. In this paper, we review the lessons learned during its first year. These include the importance of learning from local expertise, the value of learning from other countries, the role of civil society as a critical friend to government, finding appropriate relationships between science and policy, and recognising the necessity of viewing issues through an equity lens. |
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| spelling | rr-article-187958122022-01-15T00:00:00Z Open science communication: the first year of the UK's Independent Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies Martin McKee (86608) Danny Altmann (11978570) Anthony Costello (42348) Karl Friston (124154) Zubaida Haque (11978573) Kamlesh Khunti (171607) Susan Michie (125435) Tolullah Oni (11978576) Christina Pagel (770861) Deenan Pillay (7888) Steve Reicher (10531562) Helen Salisbury (7935389) Gabriel Scally (11635496) Kit Yates (11978579) Linda Bauld (471531) Laura Bear (6020411) John Drury (484527) Melissa Parker (3458357) Ann Phoenix (11972351) Elizabeth Stokoe (1254378) Robert West (306586) COVID-19 Science policy Public engagement Science communication The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a light on the complex relationship between science and policy. Policymakers have had to make decisions at speed in conditions of uncertainty, implementing policies that have had profound consequences for people's lives. Yet this process has sometimes been characterised by fragmentation, opacity and a disconnect between evidence and policy. In the United Kingdom, concerns about the secrecy that initially surrounded this process led to the creation of Independent SAGE, an unofficial group of scientists from different disciplines that came together to ask policy-relevant questions, review the evolving evidence, and make evidence-based recommendations. The group took a public health approach with a population perspective, worked in a holistic transdisciplinary way, and were committed to public engagement. In this paper, we review the lessons learned during its first year. These include the importance of learning from local expertise, the value of learning from other countries, the role of civil society as a critical friend to government, finding appropriate relationships between science and policy, and recognising the necessity of viewing issues through an equity lens. 2022-01-15T00:00:00Z Text Journal contribution 2134/18795812.v1 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Open_science_communication_the_first_year_of_the_UK_s_Independent_Scientific_Advisory_Group_for_Emergencies/18795812 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 |
| spellingShingle | COVID-19 Science policy Public engagement Science communication Martin McKee Danny Altmann Anthony Costello Karl Friston Zubaida Haque Kamlesh Khunti Susan Michie Tolullah Oni Christina Pagel Deenan Pillay Steve Reicher Helen Salisbury Gabriel Scally Kit Yates Linda Bauld Laura Bear John Drury Melissa Parker Ann Phoenix Elizabeth Stokoe Robert West Open science communication: the first year of the UK's Independent Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies |
| title | Open science communication: the first year of the UK's Independent Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies |
| title_full | Open science communication: the first year of the UK's Independent Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies |
| title_fullStr | Open science communication: the first year of the UK's Independent Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Open science communication: the first year of the UK's Independent Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies |
| title_short | Open science communication: the first year of the UK's Independent Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies |
| title_sort | open science communication: the first year of the uk's independent scientific advisory group for emergencies |
| topic | COVID-19 Science policy Public engagement Science communication |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/2134/18795812.v1 |