MEAM Feb-Mar 2015, Issue 8:3
The MEAM issue provides useful insights into what scientist tend do wrong, do right and can improve in communicating science to policy-makers. Shortly:
- Build trust with policy-makers instead of just focusing on short-term wins.
- When describing your science, lead with the “why” not the “what”.
- Policy-makers and their constituents don’t often read scientific journals.
- Understand policy-makers’concerns and how the science relates to those concerns.
We encourage you to have a look to the fruitful conversation with four experts with extensive experience making and/or influencing public policy for coastal and marine ecosystems in different contexts and settings at MEAM Website . If you have in mind additional bullet points, please feel free to comment!