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The main roles of IHEST are to help remedy the lack of public understanding of science, and bring science and society closer together. IHEST provides training and leads public debate on scientific issues and the public perception of them, and aims to build up a pool of key figures devoted to exchanging ideas on science and technology and participating in their governance.ÌýÌý Ìý

IHEST is under the authority of the French Ministry of Higher Education & Research and was created within the National Pact for Research (2006) which aims to restructure French research and give it new impetus.

The delegation, which was led by Madame Chevallier-Le Guyader, Director of IHEST, was welcomed by Professor David Price, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø Vice-Provost (Research) and heard presentations from Professor Peter Coffey (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø Institute of Ophthalmology), Professor Steven Miller (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø Science & Technology Studies) and Professor Nick Tyler (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering) about aspects of their research and its relevance to society.

Image 1: Members of the Institut des Hautes Études pour la Science et la Technologie (IHEST)
Image 2: Professor David Price, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø Vice-Provost (Research)
Image 3: Professor Peter Coffey (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø Institute of Ophthalmology)