How do NGOs commission, communicate and contest science?
Tuesday 6 June 2006
How do non-governmental organisations commission, communicate and contest environmental science in order to influence public debate? How can we broker better relationships between scientists and those who translate their work into public debate? Do business and environmental NGOs consume and use science differently and what are the boundaries they set between science and non-science? Are there similarities in how different groups use and understand science?
Speakers:
Dr Sally Eden
Department of Geography, University of Hull
and lead researcher on the ESRC-funded project
'Contesting environmental science: business and environmentalist NGOs'
Doug Parr
Greenpeace
How do non-governmental organisations commission, communicate and contest environmental science in order to influence public debate? How can we broker better relationships between scientists and those who translate their work into public debate? Do business and environmental NGOs consume and use science differently and what are the boundaries they set between science and non-science? Are there similarities in how different groups use and understand science?
Speakers:
Dr Sally Eden
Department of Geography, University of Hull
and lead researcher on the ESRC-funded project
'Contesting environmental science: business and environmentalist NGOs'
Doug Parr
Greenpeace
