Communicate scientific data effectively --- Désiré, I agree. Effectively communicating scientific evidences and results to policy-makers is an important issue. Often data are not easy to understand, not clearly presented, scientific papers take too long to read, specific terminology makes concepts difficult to grasp and all that undermines a rapid translation into policymaking. So that, data become unusable and are not taken into account. The process of translating the scientific evidences into an understandable and impactful format is key. Science diplomacy can be very useful in this sense and I also think researchers and policy makers should each learn the language of the other more.

Source author: Aura Fossati aura.fossati@gmail.com