User:Schulptulpe/Science-Policy Interface

Science-Policy Interface describes a social process between science and policy-making or an institution interfacing science and policy. Examples for science-policy interface institutions are the IPCC or IPBES. Science-policy interfaces (SPIs) are subjects of scientific analysis in the social sciences and subject of political debates as in the recent climategate ussue sourrounding the IPCC.

Basic Theory
According to van den Hove  the science-policy interface (SPI) is a social process.