Informing policy

Long-term thinking | Risk assessment | Evidence to policy | Science diplomacy | Trust in science
We inform policy to help to create conditions for society to thrive. We act as knowledge brokers by gathering evidence from multiple disciplines and domains and providing in useful formats for policy makers or civil society to make better decisions. We also study the science-policy-community interface to enhance how evidence is used in public decision making. Koi Tū is home to the International Network of Government Science Advice secretariat and the President of the International Science Council.


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Group of business people sitting in a line at a panel.
21.11.2024  
Opening remarks to the World Science Forum 2024, Budapest
It is 25 years since ICSU (International Council for Science Unions), the predecessor of the ISC and UNESCO, convened the World Conference on Science for the 21st Century in Budapest.

Flags of UN and EU stand in European council Building at Brussels, Belgium.
21.11.2024  
Advancing science diplomacy through the International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development
Sir Peter Gluckman's keynote speech at the World Science Forum 2024, Budapest

Close up shots of documents clipped together and stack on top of each other, on a workers desk.
08.11.2024  
Academic freedom
Sir Peter Gluckman's speech to the Tertiary Education Union.

Close up of the ends of fibre optics
29.10.2024  
Science diplomacy and the rise of technopoles
During the era of increasing globalisation, science diplomacy was a key tool for addressing global challenges. Today, among fracturing alliances, the field must evolve.

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