The crowded chasm: the place of science in the Australian government

Policymakers are developing more sophisticated approaches to science and evidence, says PAUL HARRIS.

Scientists and policymakers: wave goodbye to the valley of death

We need to ditch misleading metaphors which imply that linking science to innovation or policy is the task of heroic pioneers writes PAUL HARRIS.

Financial frenemy

Are innovation, research and development ways to get out of economic trouble, or further into it? PAUL HARRIS writes that the answer lies in doing better innovation, instead of more of it.

The ‘impact’ of research carries weight (but ripples matter more)

How do you go about measuring the impact of a piece of research? PAUL HARRIS and WILL GRANT suggest the answer may come from not focusing on the big picture.