Environmental Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
SCIENCE
INSTITUTIONAL
Science education
- Primary, secondary, tertiary
Bricks and mortar
- Schools, universities, institutions
Research institutions
- Infrastructure/equipment
Cultural
- Accepting pluralistic role of science
(education, problem solving, policy
support/leadership)
- Commitment to scientific/technological
literate society
- Education with science/technology
component
- Public cognition of environment,
economic and social factors and
intergenerational equity
Networks/global partnerships
- Participation in global science
community
- National collaboration/teams
Governance
- Science/technology portfolio in
government
- Application of science in decision making
- Multi-sectoral decision making process
Policy/national priority relevance
- Integrated system science
- Mode II Science
- Language/cultural/terminology
- Contractual research
- Science briefings
SCIENCE-POLICY
ENGAGEMENT
Figure 7.1
Representation of the components of a sound underpinning to Science and its
role in the identification of integrated policy options for sustainability.
ture needed for investment in generating knowledge. Thus the scientific
community has an educative role in both formal training and informal
science literacy that itself is a significant component of setting informed
policy and indeed ensuring democratic involvement in that process.
It is argued here that while the current emphasis on the delivery of eco-
nomic benefit from Science and Technology is a legitimate outcome, there
has been a failure on the part of the science community (a weakness symbol-
ised by broken return arrows in Figure 7.1) and of community leaders to rec-
ognise this broader role of science in delivering value to the community.
That role potentially includes the simultaneous delivery of:
•
education
•
a window on international science and technology
•
policy advice
