Microsoft PowerPoint - SGR conf23 - Corporate science final.pptx From corporate science to responsible science: what’s the role of R&D in tackling the polycrisis? Dr Stuart Parkinson Download slides from: Presentation given at conference, Responsible science and the polycrisis: new hope versus false solutions, SGR conference (online), 18th October, 2023 (All references. [...] • For more info on financial links between fossil fuel industry and universities, see Fossil Free Research (2023), and with professional bodies, see SGR research (Parkinson and Wood, 2019) • At Conservative Party Conference 2023: • Science Minister, Michelle Donelan, claimed the she was “depoliticising science” by kicking out “woke ideology” (Ball, 2023) • Transport Minister, Stephen Harper, s. [...] 7 Advanced Research & Invention Agency (ARIA) • New public research agency – aims include: • “transformative technological change” • “paradigm‐shift in science” • “economic growth for generations to come” • Operates independent of other govt depts (incl. science), research councils etc • Initial budget of £800 million • Exempt from Freedom of Information Act • Based on US Defense Advanced Resear. [...] Langley C, Parkinson S (2009). Science and the corporate agenda: The detrimental effects of commercial influence on science and technology. Scientists for Global Responsibility. ‐and‐corporate‐agenda 11 References Office for National Statistics (2023a). UK gross domestic expenditure on research and development, 2021. .
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