Advocacy Around the World

It is important for scientists worldwide to advocate for increased science funding. Depending on the cultural context, however, your outreach approach — including how and when you communicate with policymakers — and whether advocacy is even a possibility — will differ.

In this webinar, speakers from the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, the International Brain Research Organization, and SfN's Government and Public Affairs Committee will discuss why their advocacy efforts were successful and what you can do to promote science research in your local community.

Speakers

Sten Grillner, MD, PhD

Sten Grillner is a professor at the Karolinska Institute’s Nobel Institute for Neurophysiology in Stockholm, Sweden. He is the secretary general of the International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) and has previously served as the president of the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies and chairman of the Nobel Committee. He works with the IBRO Global Advocacy Committee to help provide strategy and resources for science advocacy around the world.

Federico Bermúdez-Rattoni, MD, PhD

Federico Bermúdez-Rattoni is a professor at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México in the Institute of Cellular Physiology. He serves on SfN’s Government and Public Affairs Committee and is also the IBRO representative for neurosciences and neurobiology in Mexico. He has participated in several advocacy and outreach activities in Mexico in addition to attending SfN’s Capitol Hill Day in Washington, DC.

Juan Lerma, PhD

Juan Lerma is a research professor at Institute of Neurosciences of Alicante, Superior Council of Scientific Investigations-University Miguel Hernández. Lerma is interested in the molecular basis of neuronal communication, specifically in properties and signaling mechanisms of glutamate receptors, and defining the molecular, synaptic, and cellular alterations underpinning the behavioral features that define brain disease.

Ana Belén Elgoyhen, PhD

Ana Belén Elgoyhen is a professor at the Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Genética y Biología Molecular in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is also the president of the Argentinian Society of Research in Neurosciences and serves as a representative for the IBRO Governing Council. She has won the L'Oréal UNESCO Women in Science award, which recognizes outstanding women researchers.