The missing link of science in policy – 1M scientists and 100M hours could be part of the answer

If the time that scientists donate to shape advice across governments were recognised, valued or rewarded by their institutions, could a new culture emerge? Would closer, more dynamic engagement produce better policy and more effective action?

At Europe’s largest interdisciplinary science conference, Euroscience Open Forum (ESOF), Professor Ruth Morgan, Vice Dean (Interdisciplinarity Entrepreneurship) at UCL, and Jean-Claude Burgelman, Frontiers Policy Labs Editor in Chief, call for new incentives to bring scientific advice closer to policy at the heart of government.