At Research Fortnight I have
a critique up of the UK House of Lords report on departmental chief science advisers. The House of Lords report
can be found here in PDF. Here is an excerpt:
[M]any of the recommendations in the House of Lords report
on the role of chief scientific advisors in government, if implemented,
will lead to a greater politicization of the advisory process and less
accountability of government to citizens.
The basic flaw in the report is the assumption that science can be
cleanly separated from the political process by empowering a heroic
individual with special influence on policy making.
Please have a look and feel free to comment there or come back here and let me know what you think.
