Pôle ressources

Since the 1990s, policy makers progressively became interested in assessing scientific research not only on its merits for the scientific community, but also for society at large. However, we still do not have a widely accepted, systematic way to...

Gauri Sreenivasan, directrice des politiques et programmes, Fédération des sciences humaines La ministre des Sciences, Kirsty Duncan, a honoré de sa présence le plus grand Congrès des sciences humaines à ce jour. L’événement, qui s’est déroulé du 27...

Blogue par Steve Higham, Analyste des politiques Les décisions politiques mal éclairées ont des conséquences importantes et durables. Souvent, les critiques tiennent pour acquis que les décisions politiques négatives peuvent être évitées seulement si...

In September 2016, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) launched an International Peer Review Expert Panel under the Chairmanship of Sir Peter Gluckman, Chief Scientific Advisor to the Prime Minister of New Zealand, to assess the design...

This op-ed was published in RE$EARCH MONEY on December 21, 2015. We've now had nearly two months to watch a new national government find its feet and flesh out its major science policies. While there have been some important and welcome announcements...

This op-ed was published in The Hill Times on November 2, 2015 The new government will soon take office, carrying with it the hopes of a broad range of Canadians. And for those of us who value scientific research—either because we use it in our...

Chris Eliasmith, Canada Research Chair in Theoretical Neuroscience, is professor with a joint appointment in Philosophy and Systems Design Engineering and cross-appointment to Computer Science at the University of Waterloo. He is Director of the...

Released by the UK’s Campaign for Social Science on February 24, 2015, “ The Business of People” report underscores the critical role that social science research should play in the that country’s science and innovation strategy. The report’s release...