Dr Laura Bellingan

Director of Policy and Public Affairs at Royal Society of Biology

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Director of Policy and Public Affairs, Royal Society of Biology

Laura Bellingan oversees science policy advice activities at the Royal Society of Biology which engages with government, funding agencies, academia, industry, education and the public sphere. She is interested in how science is used for public good and works to promote the use of evidence generated by biologists in policy development. Her postdoctoral research was on human inflammatory cell biology and she has a masters degree in Science, Culture and Environment.

  • 11 November 2014, 3pm

    The GCSA at 50: reflections on the past, present and future of scientific advice

    To mark the GCSA's 50th birthday, the Royal Society, GO-Science, SPRU, and the Centre for Science and Policy, are working in partnership to host a special event on the past, present and future of scientific advice.

  • 15 January 2013, 5pm

    Experts, publics and open policy

    The third in a series of seminars looking at ways in which government can make more effective use of scientists and scientific advice in the context of Civil Service reform and a move towards open policy making.