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When governments ignore scientific advice, it is often because researchers do not engage with the political process, says Rees Kassen.

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  1. Rees Kassen is an associate professor at the University of Ottawa, chair of the Partnership Group for Science and Engineering and a young scientist of the World Economic Forum.,

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Kassen, R. If you want to win the game, you must join in. Nature 480, 153 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/480153a

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