A Policy for Science

Australia's Oceans Policy: a Role for Science?

The Commonwealth government's announcement in December 1998 of "Australia's Oceans Policy" heralds a bid to use environmental principles as a basis for better-integrated Commonwealth-State planning and management of our marine assets. The Policy defines a comprehensive implementation structure which should ensure consultation at all levels and a better link the ministries of the relevant Common...

A Rationale for Science-Policy Interfaces

This paper aims at a better understanding of the justifications for science-policy interfaces, of the reasons for their growing importance in environmental governance, and of the theoretical and epistemological challenges they pose. We look at the intersections between science and policy to highlight that science and policy, far from being mutually exclusive and hermetic categories, are interse...

Science Policy for Transdisciplinary Research

Science policy for risk governance.

Risk governance is a major challenge in the twenty-first century. Governments and regulatory authorities are required to deliver the best possible risk governance to society. However, in a globalized world, their performance is increasingly assessed at the international level by using the best scientific knowledge available. Companies face a renewed demand for social and public responsibility a...

Toward a Science of Policy

Kartik B. Ariyur, Purdue University [email protected] Introduction From a biological perspective, all human action is aimed at self-preservation. While there may be differences in the proximate goals of individuals, all their actions (whether of mice or men) can be explained by the pursuit of predictability in the conditions of their existence. The proximate goals appear to be different simply...