Young Researchers as Knowledge Brokers
Young Academy Finland’s “Young Researchers as Knowledge Brokers” -project (2019-2020) aimed at developing new approaches for organizing the coordination of knowledge exchange on the science-policy interface. Project’s main findings are gathered in Young Academy Finland’s Policy Brief 1/2020 which is available both in English and in Finnish. Project was funded by Tiina and Antti Herlin Foundation.
Project’s PI was Senior Advisor, PhD Candidate Katri Mäkinen-Rostedt.
Hiilinielut tutkimuksessa ja politiikassa: kohti tutkimuspohjaisia maankäytön ratkaisuja
Kunnat ovat merkittävässä asemassa, kun tehdään hiilinieluihin ja -varastoihin sekä luonnon monimuotoisuuden tilaan vaikuttavia päätöksiä. Mitkä ovat ne mekanismit, joilla tutkimustietoa voidaan parhaiten kerätä yhteen ja välittää päätöksentekoon silloin, kun pyritään toteuttamaan yhtä aikaa paikalliset olot huomioivia, mutta myös globaalin ilmastonmuutoksen kannalta kokonaisvaltaisia päätöksiä?
Policy Brief: How to Build a Reciprocal Relationship Between Research and Decision-making?
Main messages of the Young Academy Finland Policy Brief 1/2020 are:
1. Increase reciprocal action between knowledge and decision-making
2. Support the inclusion of early-career researchers1 in the mechanisms of science advice
3. Transfer the responsibility for the performance of science advice from individuals to mechanisms
4. Develop and diversify the funding opportunities for science advice mechanisms
5. Base the development of science advice as a practice and its mechanisms on relevant research on the relationship between science and policy
How to guarantee that research synthesis are actually read?
Young Academy of Finland and Belgian Young Academy co-organized in May 27, 2020, a virtual workshop on the future of science advice and its possible methods and forms in the EU. The issue of working relations between researchers and decision makers in all levels could not have been more topical in the midst of the covid-19 -pandemic. Please read further to learn some of the thoughts collected during the ”The Future of Independent Science Advice in the EU Ecosystem: How to make sure that research synthesis reports are read?” -workshop.
Miten rakennetaan toimiva tieteen ja päätöksenteon suhde?
Vaikka ilmastonmuutokseen liittyvän tiedon tieteellinen varmuus oli lisääntynyt, tutkittu tieto ei ollut johtanut ilmastonmuutoksen kannalta tehokkaampiin päätöksiin. Miksi? Selvitimme, mitä annettavaa nuorilla tutkijoilla olisi, ja millaiset rakenteet ja käytännöt tukisivat parhaiten tutkitulla tiedolla informoitua päätöksentekoa.
Upcoming Virtual Workshop: ”The Future of Independent Science Advice in the EU Ecosystem: How to make sure that research synthesis reports are read?”
Registrations for our May virtual Workshop on the research synthesis in the European Science Advice Ecosystem open now!
Corona update: workshops for Spring 2020 will be turned virtual
Young Academy Finland decided to cancel all its events planned for Spring 2020. This means that we are currently trying to look for possibilities turning […]
Survey results: How do European Young Academies reach out to decision-makers?
As part of the “Young Researchers as Knowledge Brokers” -project, Young Academy Finland executed a survey among its European peers about the activities on the […]
Best practices on innovative approaches to science advice
Young Academy Finland held the second facilitated workshop of “Young Researchers as Knowledge Brokers” -project as part of the Future of Science Advice in Europe […]
The first workshop of “Young Researchers as Knowledge Brokers” -project innovated new approaches and identified gaps
As a kick-off event for “Young Researchers as Knowledge Brokers” -project, Sitra Foundation and Demos held a facilitated workshop in August 2019 for Finnish young […]
Project’s Steering Group
Academy Secretary, Adjunct Professor Jaakko Kuosmanen (Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, Science Advisory Mechanism of Finland SoFI -project)
Member of Finnish Parliament, researcher Atte Harjanne
Associate Professor Annalea Lohila (ICOS-Finland and Finnish Meteorological Institute)
MEP Sirpa Pietikäinen
Director, Adjunct Professor Päivi Tikka (Academy of Finland)
Secretary: Katri Mäkinen-Rostedt
Young Researchers as Knowledge Brokers -project 2019-2020
During 2019-2020, Young Academy Finland runs “Young Researchers as Knowledge Brokers” -project. Project is funded by Tiina and Antti Herlin Foundation. Young Academy Finland’s “Young […]