Bernard
Silverman
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From 2010
to 2017 I held the full-time post of Chief Scientific Advisor to the Home
Office. This role had several aspects:
the provision of independent scientific advice to the Home Secretary and
other Home Office ministers and policy officials on the whole range of topics
relevant to Home Office business; the leadership and management of Home
Office Science, including the Home Office Centre for Applied Science and
Technology (formerly Home Office Scientific Development Branch); Home Office
Statistics; the Animals in Science Regulation Unit; and teams of social researchers,
economists and operational researchers supporting Home Office policy and
operations in Crime and Policing, Migration and Counter-Terrorism; support
for and sponsorship of independent scientific advisory committees, including
the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs; participation in the
cross-government network of Chief Scientific Advisers chaired by the
Government Chief Scientific Adviser; and international collaboration in
scientific matters relevant to Home Office business, particularly with the US
Department of Homeland Security. Before
taking up the Chief Scientific Adviser post, my work for Government included
membership of the GM Science Review Panel, a non-executive directorship of
the Defence Analytical Services Agency, and chairmanship of a review panel
for the project for the Sustainable Development of Heathrow. |
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