Jasper Ridge Conference: Science Policy Panel Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve

How can the relationship between scientists and politicians be improved, and how can an improved relationship benefit public policy? NPR Science Friday host and award-winning journalist Ira Flatow, Melvin and Joan Lane Professor for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies and Heinz Award winning global ecologist Chris Field, co-founder/chief greenskeeper of Method home-care products and former climate scientist Adam Lowry, and former administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and MacArthur Fellowship recipient Jane Lubchenco discuss how public perception of the authority and reliability of science and scientists influence national and global policy, and how these perceptions can be reshaped.