Government Chief Scientific Adviser (United Kingdom)

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TheGovernment Chief Scientific Adviser (GCSA) is the personal adviser on science and technology-related activities and policies to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and the Cabinet. They are also the head of the Government Office for Science. Since 2023 Dame Angela McLean has been GCSA. [1]

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Many individual government departments have departmental Chief Scientific Advisers (CSA). [2] The GCSA is involved in recruiting CSAs, and meets regularly with CSAs to identify priorities, challenges and strategies. [3] The adviser also usually serves as chair of the UK's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE). [4]

List of Government Chief Scientific Advisers

#PortraitNameTerm of officeConcurrent office(s)
1 Solly Zuckerman Tobruk 1943 crop.jpg Sir Solly Zuckerman 19641971
2Sir Alan Cottrell 19711974
3 Norman Brook, 1st Baron Normanbrook, in 1951.jpg Robert Press 19741976
4 John Ashworth.jpg Sir John Ashworth 19771981
5Sir Robin Nicholson 19821985
6Sir John Fairclough 19861990
7Sir William Stewart 19901995
8 BobMayHarvard (cropped2).jpg Sir Robert May 19952000
9 Sir David King (cropped).jpg Sir David King 20002008
10 John Beddington (cropped).jpg Sir John Beddington 20082013
11 Sir Mark Walport (8656569975) cropped.jpg Sir Mark Walport 20132017
S960 - Chris Whitty - Chief Scientific Adviser (3 by 4 crop).png Sir Chris Whitty (interim)20172018 Chief Medical Office for England
12 Patrick Vallance Official Cabinet Portrait, July 2024 - headshot crop.jpg Sir Patrick Vallance 4 April 20182023 National Technology Adviser
(2020–2023)
13 Dame Angela McLean's visit to OIST (cropped).jpg Dame Angela McLean 2023Incumbent

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References

  1. ↑ "New Government Chief Scientific Adviser Appointed". GOV.UK. HM Government. 20 February 2023. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  2. ↑ "Chief scientific advisers across government". Government Office for Science . Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  3. ↑ Chief scientific advisers and their officials, GO-Science, 2010
  4. ↑ Grimes, Robin (2014). "The UK Response to Fukushima and Anglo-Japanese Relations". Science & Diplomacy. 3 (2).


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