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Nature 448, 867 (23 August 2007) | doi:10.1038/448867a; Published online 22 August 2007

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Four ways to take the policy plunge

Andrew A. Rosenberg1

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How should researchers best interact with policy-makers for maximum benefit to society?

BOOK REVIEWEDThe Honest Broker: Making Sense of Science in Policy and Politics

by Roger Pielke, Jr

Cambridge University Press: 2007. 198 pp. $29.99, £15.99

Few scientists are trained to be policy advisers. Many academics look askance at politics, as though there might be something unseemly about bringing their research to bear on problems of the day.