Dependency on short-term arrangements undermines the development of longer-term relationships between researchers and policymakers, which is likely to undermine research uptake [ 22].
Their letter argued that the non-elected role concentrated too much influence in one person, undermining research by the wider science community, while being non-transparent and unaccountable.
Or perhaps that insight could be used to lobby governments, or research funders, or university leaders, or undermine research unfavourable to a particular product or industry or political party?
Not least Friends of the Earth, which calls them a "big green con". In fact, we may have swung too far in the other direction, undermining research into second-generation biofuels that could be both land- and carbon-efficient.
There's an absolute ton of well meaning but incorrect coverage of science by various people and yes, a shed load of not well meaning, but downright insidious and malicious interpretations of science by those who wish to undermine research on political or theological grounds.
The overreliance on subjective measures risks undermining research validity.
Indian scientists are calling for a major rewrite of a proposed animal welfare law that they say could undermine research involving animals.
Efforts to consolidate management functions or contract out science-related jobs should be done only after careful study shows that such moves will not undermine research.
It would stifle innovation, they say, and undermine research into new treatments.
Oreskes, co-author of the book "Merchants of Doubt" about the tobacco industry's decades-long effort to undermine research on smoking's health effects, that same year showed the similarities between that effort and Exxon Mobil's campaign of "disinformation, denial and delay". "It's pretty clear that their strategy was the same as tobacco's," Oreskes told me this week.
