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Mandate, publisher and status

Research Nexus is published by Global Risks Forum (GRF), a Swiss association and public-good institution that convenes institutions to govern shared risk together. Its mandate is research dialogue: comparing how institutions read evidence, where interpretations diverge and what that means for decisions, with dialogue records that are checked by participants before release. Research Nexus does not publish science, fund research or certify anyone; scientific publication in the programme sits with The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI). This page sets out the mandate, the publisher, the professional status of what the platform produces and its limits.

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01Contents

Mandate, publisher and status in six parts.

In this dossier6 parts
  1. 01MandateInstitutional research dialogue on shared risk
  2. 02RemitA platform about how research reaches risk decisions
  3. 03PublisherGRF answers for the platform
  4. 04Professional statusWhat a dialogue record is, and what it is not
  5. 05StatusEstablished; open for information and enquiries
  6. 06SourcesWhere this page's references lead
02Mandate

Institutional research dialogue on shared risk.

The mandate is institutional research dialogue, comparative learning and evidence interpretation, without taking over the scientific publication authority of The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI).

Dialogue

Across disciplines

Bringing researchers and institutions together on questions none can answer alone.

Comparison

Across institutions

Comparing how different countries and organisations use evidence on risk.

Interpretation

What evidence means

Transparent discussion of how findings apply to real decisions, and with what uncertainty.

03Remit

A platform about how research reaches risk decisions.

Research Nexus studies the passage from a research finding to an institutional decision: how questions are commissioned, how evidence is synthesised and contested, and how uncertainty survives the trip into a briefing note. Its subject is the science-policy interface itself, including the norms that govern it, such as the INGSA principles for science advice and the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science.

  • In scope: commissioning, synthesis, expert elicitation, advice structures, research integrity where it touches policy.
  • Out of scope: producing primary science, which is GCRI's role, and advising any government.
04Publisher

GRF answers for the platform.

GRF convenes and governs programmes. It does not regulate, finance, procure or certify, and hosting or sponsorship confers no authority over findings. GRF leads on leadership, institutional dialogue and the governance of the Universe annual programme. Research Nexus applies that role to research: it hosts dialogue, keeps records and returns unresolved questions to the research agenda.

The platform's community is policy scholars, social scientists, international researchers and evidence reviewers. Its outputs are research dialogue records, methods seminars and peer learning briefs. Scientific findings are published by GCRI through Reports.

05Professional status

What a dialogue record is, and what it is not.

  • A dialogue record reports what participants said and agreed. It is not peer-reviewed research and is labelled accordingly.
  • Participation confers no endorsement of a participant, institution or study.
  • GRF does not fund, commission or certify research, and sponsorship confers no influence over records.
  • Decisions remain with the authorities and institutions responsible for them.

See trust, rights and status for how records are kept and corrected.

06Status

Established; open for information and enquiries.

Research Nexus is an established platform. Information and enquiries are open today. Records appear on this site as each one is reviewed and released.

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07Sources

Where this page's references lead.

The bodies and documents this page is read against. Status and editions change; each link goes to the issuing body.

08Questions

Questions and answers.

Is Research Nexus a separate organisation?
No. It is a specialist platform of GRF with no separate legal identity.
How does it relate to GCRI research?
GCRI does and publishes the science. Research Nexus convenes dialogue around it. GCRI counterparts include Labs and Reports.
Can GRF fund my research?
No. GRF does not finance research or anything else.
Who can I contact about the platform?
Write to Contact or see contact routes for Research Nexus. Enquiries are used to answer and keep a record, and are never shared across institutions or used for marketing.
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