During our first two years of activity, we have led experimental activities to identify where the GSPI could add the most value as a new entity acting at the boundary between science and policy. There is a great deal of thematic issues, policy processes and research programmes that need policy actors and scientists to work together within the International Geneva ecosystem. But there have also been little resources, knowledge and know-how actually available for policy entrepreneurs and scientists who strive to overcome the barriers that traditionally hamper science-policy collaborations. By building an adaptive programme of work, the GSPI has has grown as an established actor dedicated to help boundary-spanners build their own processes and realise their vision.
You can learn more by downloading our 2018-2020 activity report.
Table of contents:
- Introduction
- Activity report
- Knowledge brokering
- Collaboration brokering
- Field building
- GSPI Capacities
- Network
- Communication
- Governance
- Operations
- Annex: snapshot of events & speaking engagements (2018-2020)
Nicolas Seidler
Nicolas Seidler is the Executive Director of the Geneva Science-Policy Interface (GSPI), which was launched by the University of Geneva with the support of the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs in October 2018. Backed by leading research institutions in Switzerland and Europe, the GSPI is an independent, neutral platform that leverages synergies between actors of the International Geneva ecosystem and an extensive network of researchers by facilitating connections, supporting collaborative processes and inspiring effective practices at the interface of science, policy and implementation. In his previous position as Senior Policy Advisor at the Internet Society, he developed an extensive network of collaboration and engagement with international organizations and NGOs in Geneva and abroad. In this position, he led the organization’s policy implementation in the fields of Digital Rights and the Internet of Things.
Nicolas obtained a Masters in International Relations from the University of Geneva and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in 2007, and a Masters in Communication and Media Sciences from the University of Geneva in 2009.