Our Interviewees had backgrounds in one (or more) of the following disciplines: philosophy, policy-making, science and technology studies, ethics of new and emerging science and technology, future scenario building, science communication, and sociology.
Probably the most fascinating part of working in this field at the JRC is being able to operate at the unique intersection between policy-making, science, consumer protection, and industrial advancement.
For Interviewee 1, the institutionalised role of ethics for policy making on science and technology should be regarded critically: " for policy makers [expert ethics advice] is a way to implement policy.
It would be beneficial to local policy making when science would be more oriented to local practices.
We start by briefly discussing the state of the art in research and policy making related to science, technology and ageing.
Political, social and economic factors shape ethics and policy making as they shape science and technology in different ways in different countries.
In the process of policy making, the role of science can be limited and instrumental.
The environmental breast cancer research to date has been of critical importance to science, policy making, and advocates who have also played an important role in advancing environmental breast cancer research beginning in the 1990s.
"I am here to make sure the science input to policy making is sound and that the executive branch functions properly with respect to its science and technology missions".
I am here to make sure that the science input to policy making is sound and that the executive branch functions properly with respect to its science and technology missions".
JEROME GROOPMAN: I believe we have an opportunity here to integrate science into policy making in two ways.
