Alan Malcolm looks at scientific advice and the role learned socieites play in this.

1. Scientific Advice
Alan Malcolm
Executive Secretary,
Parliamentary
&
Scientific Committee
Reading September 2016

2. Learned Societies
 Dozens of them

3. Learned Societies
Dozens of them
 Chemistry
 Physics
 Biology
 Engineering
 Mathematics

4. Biology
 Ecology
 Physiology
 Neuroscience
 Microbiology

5. Biology
 Food Science
 Soil Science
 Biochemistry
 Immunology

6. Biology
 Ecology
 Physiology
 Neuroscience
 Microbiology
 Food Science
 Soil Science
 Biochemistry
 Immunology

7. Requests
 Select Committees
 House of Commons
 House of Lords

8. Requests
 Select Committees
 Government Departments

9. Requests
 Select Committees
 Government Departments
 Quangos

10. Requests
 Charities
 Wellcome Trust
 Nuffield Foundation
 Campaign for Science and Engineering
 Sense About Science
 Science Media Centre

11. Requests
 Select Committees
 Government Departments
 Quangos
 Nuffield Foundation
 Wellcome Trust

12. How
 Internal Committees
 Fellows and Members

13. How
 Internal Committees
 Fellows and Members

14. Recent Topics
 Future of Food and Farming
 Ponds, Streams and Soil
 BBSRC’s Strategic Plan
 Science in DEFRA
 Food Testing
 Deep Sea Mining
 Fracking

15. Recent Topics
 Science and Society
 Genomic Medicine
 Systematics and Taxonomy
 Synthetic Biology
 Biosecurity
 Space Weather
 Badgers
 Brexit

16. Recent Topics
 Ponds, Streams and Soil
 Food Security
 BBSRC’s Strategic Plan
 Science in DEFRA
 Science and Society
 Genomic Medicine
 Systematics and Taxonomy
 Biosecurity
 Drones

17. Proactivity
 Parliamentary & Scientific Committee
 Foundation for Science & Technology

18. Proactivity
 Internal Reports
 Workshops

19. Proactivity
 Internal Reports
 Workshops
 Parliamentary and Scientific Committee
 Foundation for Science and Technology