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Frontiers Policy Labs
Rethinking the world with science
The Frontiers Policy Labs initiative seeks to strengthen the connection between robust scientific research and informed policymaking. Now is the time to look to science as a tool to enable better, more holistic decision making; an interface through which policy is driven by evidence. To enable that, science must be open, science must be trusted, and science must be accessible. Frontiers Policy Labs provides an evidence-based discussion platform, covering topics where commentaries are judged as scientific pieces, ensuring rigorous and informed contributions to policy development.
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Introduction from our CEO
Dr Kamila Markram, Frontiers’ CEO and co-founder, welcomes you to Policy Labs – a platform unifying world experts from business, science, and policy so that together, we can look toward creating a brighter, more sustainable future for all people.
Policy brief
This policy brief synthesizes insights from the 25 National Champion research projects of the 4th edition Frontiers Planet Prize and translates cutting-edge science into actionable policy pathways for governments, international organizations, and industry leaders.
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Commentaries
Science advice
The Real Reason Science Advice is Under Attack—And How to Fix It
Science advice
Science advice
Science advice
Lessons from the NHS Covid Contact Tracing App Programme (Part II)
Science advice
Science advice
Science advice
Reflections from the NHS Covid Contact Tracing App Programme (Part I)
Science advice
Science advice
Science advice
Ethics advice in science-for-policy ecosystem: filling the gaps
Science advice
Science advice
Navigating the Poly-Crisis: Assessing the Health and Future of Science
International Scientific Collaboration: Trust Building and Problem Solving
Have we finally come to the end of the frontier?
Rethinking the social contract for science: the importance of questions
Science advice
Science and science advice: a defining moment?
Science advice
Science advice
Science advice
Strengthening the International Ecosystem for Scientific Advice
Science advice
Science advice
Science advice
Science advice in challenging settings: is Europe backsliding?
Science advice
Science advice
Five Years of the Frontiers Policy Labs: Still a Long Way to Go
No Place to Hide from Climate Change
Science and policy
Roadmap to Reduce Animal Testing – The EU Talks, the US Acts!
Science and policy
Science and policy
Revisiting the social contract: A summary of an Address delivered at the International Science Council Muscat Global Knowledge Dialogue
Future of COP
Biodiversity and human health
Future of COP
Future of COP
Making sense of science
Making sense of science in the 21st Century – trust, repair, dialogue, and engagement
Making sense of science
Making sense of science
Making sense of science
What is science and who is a scientist in the 21st century?
Making sense of science
Making sense of science
Making sense of science
Science for a second chance
Making sense of science
Making sense of science
Making sense of science
The more AI, the less understanding?
Making sense of science
Making sense of science
Making sense of science
Trust in Science? But for how long?
Making sense of science
Making sense of science
Making sense of science
Rebuilding trust and embracing diverse knowledge systems: A perspective from developing countries
Making sense of science
Making sense of science
Making sense of science
Making sense of science in the 21st century: A personal view
Making sense of science
Making sense of science
Making sense of science
Making sense of science in the 21st century: An opinion piece
Making sense of science
Making sense of science
Making sense of science
How will science diplomacy contribute to the welfare of our globally interconnected civilization across the 21st century and into the future?
Making sense of science
Making sense of science
Making sense of science
Cancelling reason and evidence
Making sense of science
Making sense of science
The importance of open access to scholarly scientific knowledge, science advice and national science advice mechanisms in building trust in science
Science and policy
Framing public research investment decisions for the policy community
Science and policy
Science and policy
Future of COP
Completing the puzzle: Bridging the gaps by building a resilient future through science missions for sustainability
Future of COP
Future of COP
Whither science advice
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Policy outook
Nature Positive — a positive contribution to holistic frameworks
Policy outook
Policy outook
Policy outook
Sustainability policies’ secret sauce: rigorous but practical measurements
Policy outook
Policy outook
Policy outook
Integrating food safety, food security, and sustainability
Policy outook
Policy outook
Policy outook
Waste streams hold the key to water-related sustainable development
Policy outook
Policy outook
Policy outook
Designing capability: institutions and the future of emerging compute
Policy outook
Policy outook
Policy outook
Plastic pollution in a warming world: a multi-level approach to addressing twin crises
Policy outook
Policy outook
Policy outook
Artificial intelligence and the future of consciousness science: ethical and policy reflections
Policy outook
Policy outook
Policy outook
Precision cardiovascular medicine: a time for global health leadership
Policy outook
Policy outook
Regulating right: hybrid alternative proteins and the role of regulatory sandboxes
Policy outook
Hybrid alternative proteins: policy frontiers for sustainable food systems
Policy outook
Policy outook
Policy outook
Solar geoengineering: growing scientific and political support for a non-use agreement
Policy outook
Policy outook
Policy outook
A critical lens on geoengineering in Inuit Homelands
Policy outook
Policy outook
Policy outook
Earth BioGenome Project prioritization: maximizing value to society
Policy outook
Policy outook
Building a microbiome-informed approach to agri-food systems and childhood nutrition policies
Reclaiming lost traits: research and policy pathways for climate-resilient agriculture
Advancing equity through innovation in rare diseases
Simulating aging to increase human healthspan: how in silico life sciences could tackle real societal challenges
Investing in sepsis science for future pandemic preparedness
Building a green hydrogen future: policy approaches for photocatalytic water splitting
Bridging plant health policy implementation gaps
Integrating nutritional and geopolitical considerations into transformative science, technology, and innovation policies: the case of vertical farming
SDGs
Mandatory mitigation to meet the methane imperative
SDGs
SDGs
SDGs
Conserving biodiversity and halting extinction: from ambition to action on conservation imperatives and how to pay for it
SDGs
SDGs
Global challenges
Beyond COVID-19: science, policy, and society joining forces
Global challenges
Global challenges
Global challenges
Next-generation sequencing: approaches to leverage its power for genomic surveillance, pathogen detection, and outbreak investigation
Global challenges
Global challenges
SDGs
Intersecting paths: environmental and health policies against climate and immune challenges
SDGs
SDGs
Global challenges
Mitigating the global water crisis: digital twin Earths offer a promising solution
Global challenges
Global challenges
Global challenges
The fossil fuel policy gap
Global challenges
Global challenges
Global challenges
The High Seas Treaty heralds a new era of global ocean governance
Global challenges
Global challenges
Global challenges
Functioning (r)evolution: from vision to practice
Global challenges
Global challenges
Policy outlooks
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Science House
Rethinking healthcare with AI and innovation
Science House
Science House
Science House
Championing One Sustainable Health for global resilience
Science House
Science House
Science House
Reinventing 21st-century cities with science
Science House
Science House
Science House
Beating antimicrobial resistance
Science House
Science House
Science House
Restoring multilateralism with science diplomacy
Science House
Science House
Science House
Energy for data center demand
Science House
Science House
Science House
Fusion now: a coalition for commercialization
Science House
Science House
Science House
Conquering quantum’s next frontier
Science House
Science House
Science House
Strengthening Europe’s science and innovation engine
Science House
Science House
Science House
The space technology revolution
Science House
Science House
Science House
Experts at odds: debating geoengineering
Science House
Science House
Science House
Is the Paris agreement dead?
Science House
Science House
Science House
(Re)learning for a tech-driven economy
Science House
Science House
Science House
The promise of omic mapping
Science House
Science House
Science House
Advancing precision biomedicine
Science House
Science House
Emerging technologies
Key Takeaways from the WEF 2025 Emerging Technology Solutions for Planetary Health
Emerging technologies
Emerging technologies
Emerging technologies
Key Takeaways from the WEF 2025 Top 10 Emerging Technologies
Emerging technologies
Emerging technologies
Academic freedom
Exploring the limits and culture of academic freedom: Insights from the 2024 Falling Walls Science Summit
Academic freedom
Academic freedom
Insights from COP29
Emerging technologies
Key takeaways from the WEF 2024 Top 10 Emerging Technologies panel
Emerging technologies
Emerging technologies
Academic freedom
Powering academic freedom - Essential insights for policy makers
Academic freedom
Academic freedom
Igniting climate action through transformational open science: Key takeaways from COP28 (Part 2)
How open science and radical collaboration can solve the climate emergency: Key takeaways from COP28 (Part 1)
Global challenges
Which are the next walls to fall in science and society? Key takeaways from the Falling Walls Science Summit 2023
Global challenges
Global challenges
Artificial intelligence
Key takeaways from AI and Academic Research panel
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence
Emerging technologies
Key takeaways from the WEF 2023 Top 10 Emerging Technologies panel
Emerging technologies
Emerging technologies
Science diplomacy
Frontiers Policy Labs: Global challenges, science diplomacy
Science diplomacy
Science diplomacy
Open science
Frontiers Policy Labs: In conversation with Robert-Jan Smits
Open science
Open science
Global challenges
Prof.Linqi Zhang: COVID-19, lessons learned from HIV research
Global challenges
Global challenges
Open science
Open Access is the new normal
Open science
Open science
Conversations
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Explore all
Open science
Open access articles attract more citations
Open science
Open science
Global challenges
COVID-19: Seroprevalence data and policymaking
Global challenges
Global challenges
Global challenges
Climate change strong evidence needs strong action
Global challenges
Global challenges
Global challenges
COVID-19: vaccine efficacy and safety
Global challenges
Global challenges
Evidence snapshots
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Open science
Open science: impact of cancelling big deals
Open science
Open science
Global challenges
Impacts of COVID-19: global research and funding with Graham Harrison
Global challenges
Global challenges
Open science
Impacts of COVID-19: open science with Heather Joseph
Open science
Open science
Open science
Impacts of COVID-19: science and big data with Barend Mons
Open science
Open science
Global challenges
Impacts of COVID-19: global systems with Ian Goldin
Global challenges
Global challenges
Podcasts
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Commentaries
Making sense of science in the 21st Century – trust, repair, dialogue, and engagement
Commentaries
Commentaries
Commentaries
What is science and who is a scientist in the 21st century?
Commentaries
Commentaries
Commentaries
Science for a second chance
Commentaries
Commentaries
Commentaries
The more AI, the less understanding?
Commentaries
Commentaries
Commentaries
Trust in Science? But for how long?
Commentaries
Commentaries
Commentaries
Rebuilding trust and embracing diverse knowledge systems: A perspective from developing countries
Commentaries
Commentaries
Commentaries
Making sense of science in the 21st century: A personal view
Commentaries
Commentaries
Commentaries
Making sense of science in the 21st century: An opinion piece
Commentaries
Commentaries
Commentaries
How will science diplomacy contribute to the welfare of our globally interconnected civilization across the 21st century and into the future?
Commentaries
Commentaries
Commentaries
Cancelling reason and evidence
Commentaries
Commentaries
Making sense of science
Explore all
Explore all
Commentaries
Biodiversity and human health
Commentaries
Commentaries
Commentaries
Completing the puzzle: Bridging the gaps by building a resilient future through science missions for sustainability
Commentaries
Commentaries
Commentaries
For a safe and prosperous future for all, we must bring focus onto the global commons
Commentaries
Commentaries
Commentaries
We need an urgent reform of our Climate COP’s to enable real climate action
Commentaries
Commentaries
Future of COP
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Conversation
Exploring the limits and culture of academic freedom: Insights from the 2024 Falling Walls Science Summit
Conversation
Conversation
Conversation
Powering academic freedom - Essential insights for policy makers
Conversation
Conversation
Commentaries
How to avoid a further erosion of Academic Freedom in Europe
Commentaries
Commentaries
Academic freedom
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Commentaries
Transformative industrial policy in Europe through a Schumpeterian “looking glass”: Capitalism, sustainability and democracy?
Commentaries
Commentaries
Commentaries
Rebuilding European Bridges: Science diplomacy and the Ukraine-Russia conflict
Commentaries
Commentaries
Conversation
Frontiers Policy Labs: Global challenges, science diplomacy
Conversation
Conversation
Commentaries
Science diplomacy: Maintaining a global perspective
Commentaries
Commentaries
Commentaries
Science diplomacy in the age of war
Commentaries
Commentaries
Conversation
Part II – Global science governance
Conversation
Conversation
Conversation
Part I – Science advice and policymaking
Conversation
Conversation
Science diplomacy
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Conversation
Key Takeaways from the WEF 2025 Emerging Technology Solutions for Planetary Health
Conversation
Conversation
Conversation
Key Takeaways from the WEF 2025 Top 10 Emerging Technologies
Conversation
Conversation
Conversation
Key takeaways from the WEF 2024 Top 10 Emerging Technologies panel
Conversation
Conversation
Conversation
Key takeaways from the WEF 2023 Top 10 Emerging Technologies panel
Conversation
Conversation
Emerging technologies
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Commentaries
Toward a polycentric or distributed approach to artificial intelligence & science
Commentaries
Commentaries
Defining PHOSITA: Access to AI tools and patentability standards
Does history rhyme? Supercomputing, AI, and the US government’s support for a research data infrastructure
Are we entering a Data Winter? On the urgent need to preserve data access for the public interest
FAIR use in Artificial Intelligence? Access to data for the benefit of all
Conversation
Key takeaways from AI and Academic Research panel
Conversation
Conversation
Does the hype of Generative AI need top-down regulation, or will it implode?
A Response from the Global South on the article “Getting Grip on Data and AI”
Understanding AI from the perspective of the social sciences
“Can you take AI out of the wild and should you?”
Commentaries
Getting a grip on data and Artificial Intelligence
Commentaries
Commentaries
Commentary
Strategic autonomy in the digital world
Commentary
Commentary
Artificial intelligence
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Commentaries
Open Science during the COVID pandemic: Temporary boost or durable contribution to a more open world?
Commentaries
Commentaries
Commentaries
Claiming open science via human rights? An analysis of general comment No. 25 on science and human rights
Commentaries
Commentaries
Conversation
Frontiers Policy Labs: In conversation with Robert-Jan Smits
Conversation
Conversation
Commentaries
Scaling Up: The radical challenge of democratic data governance
Commentaries
Commentaries
Commentaries
Making sure Open Science stays open: 10 years of advocating Open Science policy
Commentaries
Commentaries
Commentaries
Members of the Open Science community react to the UNESCO Recommendation
Commentaries
Commentaries
Commentaries
The future of data regulation: a question of capitalism or democracy?
Commentaries
Commentaries
Podcast
Open science: impact of cancelling big deals
Podcast
Podcast
Commentaries
Data governance for democracy
Commentaries
Commentaries
Podcast
Impacts of COVID-19: open science with Heather Joseph
Podcast
Podcast
Evidence
Open access articles attract more citations
Evidence
Evidence
Commentaries
Learning from the COVID-19 pandemic: How to better prepare for the next global crisis
Commentaries
Commentaries
Podcast
Impacts of COVID-19: science and big data with Barend Mons
Podcast
Podcast
Conversation
Open Access is the new normal
Conversation
Conversation
Conversation
The power of open data
Conversation
Conversation
Open science
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Commentaries
The Real Reason Science Advice is Under Attack—And How to Fix It
Commentaries
Commentaries
Commentaries
Lessons from the NHS Covid Contact Tracing App Programme (Part II)
Commentaries
Commentaries
Commentaries
Reflections from the NHS Covid Contact Tracing App Programme (Part I)
Commentaries
Commentaries
Commentaries
Ethics advice in science-for-policy ecosystem: filling the gaps
Commentaries
Commentaries
Commentaries
Science and science advice: a defining moment?
Commentaries
Commentaries
Commentaries
Strengthening the International Ecosystem for Scientific Advice
Commentaries
Commentaries
Commentaries
Science advice in challenging settings: is Europe backsliding?
Commentaries
Commentaries
Conversation
Rethinking healthcare with AI and innovation
Conversation
Conversation
Conversation
Championing One Sustainable Health for global resilience
Conversation
Conversation
Conversation
Reinventing 21st-century cities with science
Conversation
Conversation
Conversation
Beating antimicrobial resistance
Conversation
Conversation
Conversation
Restoring multilateralism with science diplomacy
Conversation
Conversation
Conversation
Energy for data center demand
Conversation
Conversation
Conversation
Fusion now: a coalition for commercialization
Conversation
Conversation
Conversation
Conquering quantum’s next frontier
Conversation
Conversation
Conversation
Strengthening Europe’s science and innovation engine
Conversation
Conversation
Conversation
The space technology revolution
Conversation
Conversation
Conversation
Experts at odds: debating geoengineering
Conversation
Conversation
Conversation
Is the Paris agreement dead?
Conversation
Conversation
Conversation
(Re)learning for a tech-driven economy
Conversation
Conversation
Conversation
The promise of omic mapping
Conversation
Conversation
Conversation
Advancing precision biomedicine
Conversation
Conversation
Science advice in challenging settings
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Science House
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“Never waste a good crisis: we must already consider and prepare for the challenges of a post-corona world.”
Dr. Jean-Claude Burgelman
Editor-in-Chief of the Frontiers Policy Labs
Jean Claude Burgelman, Professor of Open Science Policy at the Free University of Brussels (VUB) and former Head of Unit for Open Science Policy at the European Commission, hosts in-depth conversations and analysis with leading experts in policy, business, and academia on the lessons and legacy of COVID-19.
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