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SUMMARY:Science and the Challenge of Evidence-Based Policy - Donnelly\, C 
 (Imperial College London)
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CONTACT:Mustapha Amrani
DESCRIPTION:Cattle TB is currently costing UK taxpayers 90million a year t
 o control. By the end of May 2013\, at least 27 people had died of the Mid
 dle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) caused by the newly identified corona
 virus (MERS-CoV). The stakes are high and scientists are increasingly feed
 ing into policy discussions and informing the public and stakeholder group
 s. However\, scientific evidence alone rarely (if ever) determines policy 
 and at times evidence-based public policy can seem a faint hope. When shou
 ld we call a policy science-based?  And does science-informed policy deliv
 er what it appears to promise?\n
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Newton Institute
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