Dr Vanessa Petroni Magri, Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, has recently been invited by the EU Joint Research Centre to participate in a special EU Parliament session entitled 'Science meets Parliament – The role of science in a post-fact society.'
The activity, held on Tuesday 28 November, was jointly organised by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC), the Science and Technology Options Assessment (STOA) and the Committee of the Regions (CoR).
Dr Petroni Magri was one of three young panellists who discussed ways by which scientists can contribute to policy-making, and provide the tools and information to actualise such policies within a solid evidence-based scientifically relevant framework. Such involvement by scientist stakeholders is of major importance, especially in view of the post-factual popular movement which often considers public conviction, popular concepts and emotional beliefs as valid criteria which may be used for the development of science policies.
During the session, the panellists also had the opportunity to respond to specific questions put forward by the audience concerning their views on how scientists and policy-makers can develop long-term collaborations in order to optimise the scientific and strategic outcomes of their decisions.
Dr Petroni Magri was one of three young panellists who discussed ways by which scientists can contribute to policy-making, and provide the tools and information to actualise such policies within a solid evidence-based scientifically relevant framework. Such involvement by scientist stakeholders is of major importance, especially in view of the post-factual popular movement which often considers public conviction, popular concepts and emotional beliefs as valid criteria which may be used for the development of science policies.
During the session, the panellists also had the opportunity to respond to specific questions put forward by the audience concerning their views on how scientists and policy-makers can develop long-term collaborations in order to optimise the scientific and strategic outcomes of their decisions.