Tag: science policy
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Help to shape policy with your science
Thanks to Julia Rosen for this piece in Nature News & Comment. Read the full piece here. Megan Evans got a crash course in science policy in 2011. As a research assistant at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, she joined a project helping the Australian government to develop a tool to compensate for the…
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Early career researchers – so you want to make a difference?
There’s a new breed of scientist in town, wanting to make a positive impact in the world. They just have one question—how!?
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Embrace complexity to improve conservation decision making
I’ve recently published an article with my colleagues Federico Davila, Anne Toomey and Carina Wyborn in Nature Ecology & Evolution, which you can read for free with this link: http://rdcu.be/wnPv Here we respond to a recent piece by Bill Sutherland and Claire Wordley, which suggested that “evidence complacency” is leading to poor conservation outcomes. We…
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Policy internship at the Australian Academy of Science
Earlier this year, I was very fortunate to join the Australian Academy of Science for a 3 month internship in the Academy’s Science Policy team. The internship was for first of its kind offered by the Academy, and provided me with a unique opportunity to learn about its policy and advocacy work. I was attracted…
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Future Earth Australia workshop #FutureEarthOz
Since February, I’ve been spending time at the Australian Academy of Science as an intern in their Science Policy team. As part of this role I recently had the privilege of attending the Future Earth Australia workshop. Below is a summary of the event – also posted as a Storify (with tweets and images): https://storify.com/megcevans/future-earth-australia-workshop Over 28-29th…
Megan C. Evans 