I am looking for potential partners to form a consortium to bid for a project as described below. I have split the text into phrases and bullet points and added a little EMPHASIS, but otherwise this is all I currently have. The topic is not biology, statistics or methodology as such; it is rather the understanding of how the scientific idea in understood and applied. So far, I have expressions of interest from economists, philosophers and social scientists.
If you are interested in these ideas, and how science and policy interact, do contact me.
Allan Reese
Senior statistician Cefas
Weymouth UK
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Research will EXAMINE
* the reasons for the generalised lack of recognition of the extent to which biodiversity underpins livelihoods
in Europe and elsewhere,
* and for the insistence on targets and indices at the expense of other reasons or mechanisms for
encouraging behaviour that will reduce negative human impact on biodiversity.
It will DESIGN mechanisms
* to improve the effective integration of consideration of ethical, moral and stewardship principles into
policy making on issues that have impacts on biodiversity and
* contribute to the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
The work would NOT seek to amass new data,
but to use EXISTING studies and experiences to gain insight
into how research discoveries can better INFORM policy making processes.
Expected IMPACT:
* improved support to the work of EU and international environmental agreements, including the
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD);
* contribution to an EU mechanism for independent, authoritative research-based advice to inform
policy implementation and development;
* improved understanding of means to
improve scientific communication with policy making at national, EU and international levels;
* more effective increased use of scientific expertise in decision-making;
* translation of knowledge derived from scientific study, including knowledge derived from natural and social studies,
into policy and management strategies;
* improved communication among stakeholders and between scientists and policy makers;
* improved capacity of prediction of impact of policy on biodiversity;
* improved capacity to access scientific advice on drivers of biodiversity change and threats arising from those changes;
* improved capacity to respond to stakeholder concerns about potential threats.
This topic should normally address the Civil Society Organisations (CSO). (Policy relevant topic)
Funding scheme: coordination and support actions (supporting type)
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