Germany needs a chief science advisor, says Canada’s incumbent
Germany needs a chief science advisor, says Canada’s incumbent
Germany needs a chief science advisor, says Canada’s incumbent
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"Europe, and Germany in particular, has outstanding scientists, institutions and innovation systems. The support for research in Germany is enviable, and the path from lab to market is historically strong," says Mona Nemer, Canada's chief science advisor.
"But advice to government is fragmented; during the pandemic, countries without a science advisor were absent from critical international coordination calls. A national science advisor integrates advice from diverse stakeholders into coherent, impartial recommendations for the government, not on behalf of a single institution, but for the benefit of the country."
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No science advisor will pay our corrupt politicians better than lobbyists so why have an additional position to get pointedly ignored 100% of the time?
No need for that. The official science advisor will always be a loyal card carrying member of one of the currently governing parties, who won't say anything that they'll have to ignore, or even worse, some industry lobbyist who has the right
bribesarguments to not be ignored.You could make it a group of scientists. Germany already has these for economic sciences, the ignoring part would be more of a problem I believe