NERC Policy Placement Secondment to support Defra's Chief Scientific Advisor

以证据为基础的政策决策有赖于评估政策辩论各方的全部证据。英国政府环境、食品和农村事务部(Defra)负责自然环境、海洋和渔业、食品和农业、动植物健康和农村社区的政策。Defra的广泛范围意味着他们的证据需求是巨大的，跨越多个学科。因此，政府与更广泛的研究界之间的密切联系对于改进政策制定和评估中证据的获取和使用尤为重要。Defra首席科学顾问(CSA)和战略证据和分析小组负责Defra获取和使用证据的方法，为战略、政策和业务交付提供信息。该奖学金将与Defra的CSA合作，促进学术组织和Defra之间的知识交流，为制定和审查政策提供研究知情证据。该研究金的目的是：1)通过对具有挑战性的科学政策问题提供高质量的战略分析，帮助推动改进证据基础及其在Defra的使用；2)与CSA和Defra证据小组合作，支持制定科学政策问题的证据声明；3)在Defra制定证据投资战略时，支持制定其他创新的方法来管理和使用Defra的证据；4)向Defra和Defra提供对对Defra职权范围具有重要意义的新科学问题的评估；V)充当Defra证据小组和更广泛的学术界之间的渠道，并促进新的联系和网络。该奖学金的结果是改进了证据在政策决策中的使用。具体而言，该研究金的成果和影响是：i)对备受瞩目的科学政策问题进行一系列评估，以支持CSA改进在Defra使用科学和证据；ii)与Defra证据小组合作编写证据声明，使决策者能够受益于最广泛和最全面的证据库；iii)为Defra管理和使用证据制定创新机制，包括与外部专家合作的安排；iv)Defra与更广泛的研究界建立新的和加强的联系。

Making evidence-based policy decisions relies on assessing the totality of the evidence from all sides of the policy debate. The UK Government Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is responsible for policy on the natural environment, marine and fisheries, food and farming, animal and plant health, and rural communities. The broad remit of Defra means their evidence needs are substantial and cross multiple disciplines. Strong links between government and the wider research community are therefore particularly important for improving the access and use of evidence in policy development and evaluation. The Defra Chief Scientific Advisor (CSA) and strategic evidence and analysis teams are responsible for Defra's approach to the acquisition and use of evidence to inform strategy, policy and operational delivery. The fellowship will work with Defra's CSA to promote knowledge exchange between academic organisations and Defra to provide research-informed evidence to develop and review policy. The aims of the fellowship are to: i) Help drive improvements in the evidence base and its use in Defra by providing high-quality, strategic analyses of challenging science-policy issues; ii) Work with the CSA and Defra evidence teams to support the development of Evidence Statements for science-policy issues; iii) Support the development of other innovative approaches to the management and use of evidence in Defra as it develops the Evidence Investment Strategy; iv) Provide the CSA and Defra with assessments of emerging scientific issues of importance to Defra's remit; v) Act as a conduit between Defra evidence teams and the wider academic community, and facilitate new links and networks.The outcome of the fellowship is improved use of evidence for policy decisions. Specifically, the outcomes and impacts of the fellowship are: i) A series of assessments of high-profile science policy issues to support the CSA in improving the use of science and evidence in Defra; ii) The development of Evidence Statements in partnership with Defra evidence teams to enable policymakers to benefit from the widest and most comprehensive evidence base; iii) The development of innovative mechanisms for the management and use of evidence in Defra, including arrangements for working with external experts; iv) New and strengthened links between Defra and the wider research community.