Going to Parliament - Advising Policy Makers

Postdocs Talking

As scientists, we want to make discoveries that benefit society and people. To make a societal difference, we need our research findings to become or influence governmental law and policy. Therefore, we need to reach policy makers.
However, translating research findings into meaningful and understandable context for policymakers is challenging. Furthermore, the language they use and their motivations are vastly different from what we in science are used to. So how do scientists communicate scientific advice to politicians? And is influencing politics even on the scientific radar?
Listen as postdocs within the field of diabetes and an expert discuss the challenges and solutions within this topic.

Postdoc representatives:

• Linn Gillberg, Postdoc, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
• Chris Lewis, Postdoc, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Expert: Hans Jørn Kolmos - Professor and Chair of Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark; has served on the Danish National Antibiotic Council at Ministry of Health

Host: Gretchen Repasky, Communications Director at the Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine

Publisher: Danish Diabetes Academy

Producer: Kontekst & Lyd

You can find additional information about the podcast at www.danishdiabetesacademy.dk/podcasts and about Danish Diabetes Academy and the Winter School at www.danishdiabetesacademy.dk.