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Science in the parliament

Horizons No. 135

How do scientific findings reach politicians and influence their arguments and decisions?

Horizons No. 135
  • Persistence in the political jungle
  • How scientific findings can lead to a recommendation from the Federal Council
  • Science changes opinions
  • When science makes politics and vice versa
  • Where the strands of knowledge come together

  • Pictures of power, drawn with delicate strokes

Categories

  • Politics
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