The realm of conservation biology has been rocked by the controversy surrounding scientific advocacy. Many people argue that scientists can...

In many cases, professionals are held to higher or different standards than the general public because of their expertise. By this I mean...

While it appears that the main reason for not supporting scientists as advocates is that scientists have a narrow field of expertise, in ...

I believe scientists should keep their findings separate from their advocacy for many reasons including limiting bias in findings, and advo...

I believe that scientists should withhold the right to advocate if they so choose because some scientists feel that they ar...

I'm really torn between the pro and con positions on scientists being advocates. I'm torn because I understand the con ...

Rice, J. C. (2011). Advocacy science and fisheries decision-making.   ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil ,   68 (10), 2007-...

            My belief that conservation biologists ought to be advocates is based on two key points.   Firstly: the assertion that scientif...

I believe that scientists should not be activists because the field of science is based off of one's ability to quantitatively analyze n...

The phrase “ivory tower” often accompanies discussions of the social impacts of science as reference to the inaccessibility and isolation o...