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～科学―政策エコシステムの行方～

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The Covid-19 pandemic has demonstrated that issues related to scientific advice in crises have not been adequately examined. Frameworks for discussion on scientific advice in general have also been put into question. Five major themes now seem to need reexamination: relationships between scientists and the government, relationships between scientific advice and society, integration of scientific expertise based on diverse disciplines and approaches, importance of the local, decentralized mode of scientific advice, and international cooperation on scientific advice. Overall, the future of scientific advice might be increasingly founded on formation of the science-policy ecosystem embracing local, informal interaction of diversified actors.