Evidence for the people? A Sense about Science podcast

Tracey Brown is on a mission to promote and protect the public interest in the use of evidence – for policymaking, for scientific research, for everyday life. Join the director of Sense about Science as she reflects on the challenges of campaigning to put sound science at the heart of public life and empower people to ask questions about the evidence behind policies. 

Tracey Brown OBE is the director of Sense about Science, where she has turned the case for sound science and evidence into popular campaigns, including AllTrials, a global campaign for the reporting of clinical trial outcomes, and ‘Ask for Evidence’. Tracey leads Sense about Science’s work on transparency of decisions, to ensure the public has access to the same evidence as decision-makers. This has included establishing the Principles for the Treatment of Independent Scientific Advice and the Transparency of Evidence framework, now internationally emulated.In 2022 she led the What Counts? inquiry, and a national survey of the public’s experience of policy information during the pandemic and is leading calls for all policy announcements to meet an evidence transparency standard. Tracey is also honorary Professor, Science, Technology and Engineering in Public Policy at UCL.

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