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'''Sir Mark Jeremy Walport'''  is an English [[Medicine|medical scientist]] and was the [[Government Chief Scientific Adviser]] in the United Kingdom from 2013 to 2017<ref>http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=420423&c=1</ref> and Chief Executive of [[United Kingdom Research and Innovation|UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)]] from 2017 to 2020.<ref>https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/dominic-cummings-science-obsession-based-fact-or-fiction</ref>
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'''Sir Mark Jeremy Walport'''  is an English [[Medicine|medical scientist]] and was the [[UK/Government Chief Scientific Adviser|Government Chief Scientific Adviser]] in the United Kingdom from 2013 to 2017<ref>http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=420423&c=1</ref> and Chief Executive of [[United Kingdom Research and Innovation|UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)]] from 2017 to 2020.<ref>https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/dominic-cummings-science-obsession-based-fact-or-fiction</ref>
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In 2013, when he was Chief Scientific Adviser, Walport denounced the proposal for a temporary European ban on the pesticides blamed for killing bees. [[George Monbiot]] wrote about it:
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{{QB|That in defending science against political pressure, he is, in other words, as much use as a suit of paper armour... Among the official duties of the chief scientist is “to ensure that the [[scientific method]], risk and uncertainty are understood by the public”. Less than a month into the job, Sir Mark Walport has misinformed the public about the scientific method, risk and uncertainty. He has made groundless, unscientific and emotionally manipulative claims. He has indulged in scaremongering and wild exaggeration in support of the government’s position.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/apr/29/beware-rise-government-scientists-lobbyists</ref>}}
  
 
==Resources==
 
==Resources==
[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/apr/29/beware-rise-government-scientists-lobbyists George Monibot article]
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[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/apr/29/beware-rise-government-scientists-lobbyists George Monbiot article]
 
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 22:34, 27 October 2021

Person.png Mark Walport  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(scientist, lobbyist)
Sir Mark Walport (8656569975) cropped.jpg
Born25 January 1953
NationalityUK
Member ofScientific Advisory Group for Emergencies
UK/Government Chief Scientific Adviser (2013 to 2017) "In defending science against political pressure, he is, in other words, as much use as a suit of paper armour."

Employment.png UK/Government Chief Scientific Adviser

In office
31 March 2013 - 31 March 2017
Succeeded byChris Whitty

Employment.png Wellcome Trust/Director

In office
2003 - 31 March 2013
Succeeded byJeremy Farrar

Sir Mark Jeremy Walport is an English medical scientist and was the Government Chief Scientific Adviser in the United Kingdom from 2013 to 2017[1] and Chief Executive of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) from 2017 to 2020.[2]

In 2013, when he was Chief Scientific Adviser, Walport denounced the proposal for a temporary European ban on the pesticides blamed for killing bees. George Monbiot wrote about it:

That in defending science against political pressure, he is, in other words, as much use as a suit of paper armour... Among the official duties of the chief scientist is “to ensure that the scientific method, risk and uncertainty are understood by the public”. Less than a month into the job, Sir Mark Walport has misinformed the public about the scientific method, risk and uncertainty. He has made groundless, unscientific and emotionally manipulative claims. He has indulged in scaremongering and wild exaggeration in support of the government’s position.[3]

Resources

George Monbiot article


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