Agar, Jon;
(2024)
Science.
In: Seldon, Anthony and Egerton, Tom, (eds.)
The Conservative Effect, 2010–2024 14 Wasted Years?
(pp. 326-353).
Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK.
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Abstract
Science and central, national political structures are the two greatest modern institutional forms of authority. They can sometimes align and sometimes clash. Science and technology policy has, in the UK, been seen since the twentieth century as an important lever to encourage innovation and ultimately economic growth. Some of the most challenging issues facing politicians depend, partly, on scientific understanding and advice. This chapter reviews and assesses the experience of policy-for-science and science-for-policy under the Coalition and Conservative administrations. It is a pattern of modified continuity and the articulation of the possibility of radical change. Ultimately both, in ways that will be described, were undermined by the tumultuous events of Brexit and Covid.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | Science |
| ISBN-13: | 9781009473101 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1017/9781009473101.011 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009473101.011 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Science Policy, Research & Development, Change, Technology, AI, Industrial Strategy, Cummings, Government Investment |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Science and Technology Studies |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10182775 |
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