Damn. I’ve temporarily disqualified
myself from making the incisive and witty kinds of political comment that
Dan Sarewitz and CSPO colleagues regularly make in these Soapbox articles,
because I’m currently enjoying a 12-month secondment in a challenging policy
role. What I thought I’d do instead is to relate some of the values that
I see as fundamental to science-policy practice to the legend of ANZAC,
an important part of Australia’s national psyche. This is timely because
the 25th of April is ANZAC day here in Australia. Confused? Relax – this
might all make sense in a moment.
