Peter Cotgreave - Revision history

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 ==Working Party on peer review==
 Cotgreave was a member of the Working Party on peer review convened by [[Sense About Science]] (see [[Sense About Science]] for details of this project).
 ==Views==
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 ==Affiliations==
 *Member of the [[Science and the Media Expert Group]] appointed by [[DIUS]]/[[BIS]], 2009-2010<ref name="DIUS">DIUS [http://web.archive.org/web/20100121082642/http://interactive.dius.gov.uk/scienceandsociety/site/science-and-the-media/ Science and the Media Expert Group], 2010, retrieved from the Internet Archive of 21 January 2010 on 17 August 2013</ref>

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	'''On genetically modified (GM) crops:''' Cotgreave, in his role with the campaign group [[Save British Science]] (later renamed the Campaign for Science and Engineering or CaSE<ref>CaSE (2012) [http://www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/about/history/index.htm Our history], acc Nov 26 2012</ref>), backed a report that he claimed concluded that "GM foods are unlikely to be a great risk to health". But Pete Riley, then GM campaigner for Friends of the Earth, had a very different interpretation of the same report: "Far from giving GM crops the green light, this report admits that there are gaps in our scientific knowledge and significant uncertainties about the long-term impacts of GM food and crops on our health and environment."<ref>George Wright, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2003/jul/21/food.greenpolitics GM crops pose low health risk, says report], The Guardian, 21 July 2003, acc 26 Nov 2012</ref>		'''On genetically modified (GM) crops:''' Cotgreave, in his role with the campaign group [[Save British Science]] (later renamed the Campaign for Science and Engineering or CaSE<ref>CaSE (2012) [http://www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/about/history/index.htm Our history], acc Nov 26 2012</ref>), backed a report that he claimed concluded that "GM foods are unlikely to be a great risk to health". But Pete Riley, then GM campaigner for Friends of the Earth, had a very different interpretation of the same report: "Far from giving GM crops the green light, this report admits that there are gaps in our scientific knowledge and significant uncertainties about the long-term impacts of GM food and crops on our health and environment."<ref>George Wright, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2003/jul/21/food.greenpolitics GM crops pose low health risk, says report], The Guardian, 21 July 2003, acc 26 Nov 2012</ref>
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		+	==Affiliations==
		+	*Member of the [[Science and the Media Expert Group]] appointed by [[DIUS]]/[[BIS]], 2009-2010<ref name="DIUS">DIUS [http://web.archive.org/web/20100121082642/http://interactive.dius.gov.uk/scienceandsociety/site/science-and-the-media/ Science and the Media Expert Group], 2010, retrieved from the Internet Archive of 21 January 2010 on 17 August 2013</ref>

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-Dr [[Peter Cotgreave]] is director of public affairs at the [[Royal Society]]<ref>Royal Society (2012) [http://royalsociety.org/people/peter-cotgreave/ Dr Peter Cotgreave], acc 26 Nov 2012</ref> and chair of the [[Science Media Centre]].<ref>Charity Commission (2012), [http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends27/0001140827_ac_20120331_e_c.pdf Science Media Centre Trustees' Report and Accounts for period ended 31 March 2012], acc 3 Oct 2012</ref> He is active in lobbying on science-related issues, being a member of the Parliamentary Affairs Committee of the [[Royal Society of Chemistry]], the Science Board of the [[Institute of Physics]], and the Board of the [[Science Media Centre]].<ref name="bio"/>
+Dr [[Peter Cotgreave]] (born 22 June 1968) is director of public affairs at the [[Royal Society]]<ref>Royal Society (2012) [http://royalsociety.org/people/peter-cotgreave/ Dr Peter Cotgreave], acc 26 Nov 2012</ref> and chair of the [[Science Media Centre]].<ref>Charity Commission (2012), [http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends27/0001140827_ac_20120331_e_c.pdf Science Media Centre Trustees' Report and Accounts for period ended 31 March 2012], acc 3 Oct 2012</ref> He is active in lobbying on science-related issues, being a member of the Parliamentary Affairs Committee of the [[Royal Society of Chemistry]], the Science Board of the [[Institute of Physics]], and the Board of the [[Science Media Centre]].<ref name="bio"/>
 ==Background==
 Cotgreave was reportedly born in North Wales and educated in Shropshire, graduating in biology from the [[University of York]]. He has a doctorate from the [[University of Oxford]], where he studied the population biology of birds.<ref name="bio">Royal Society [http://royalsociety.org/people/peter-cotgreave/ Peter Cotgreave], accessed 26 November 2012 </ref> Cotgreave worked successively at the [[Université Claude Bernard]] in France, as a lecturer in Ornithology and Human Sciences at the [[University of Oxford]], has also taught and examined for [[University College London]], [[Florida State University]] and the [[Uganda Wildlife Service]].<ref name="bio"/> He was an honorary senior research fellow at [[University College London]] from 1998 to 2007 and Research Associate at the [[Royal Geographical Society]]'s expedition Mkomazi in Tanzania in 1996-1997.<ref name="bio"/>

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 For three years, Cotgreave worked as 'a Conservation Biologist and Development Officer at the [[Zoological Society of London]], combining scientific research with a role liaising between the research arm of the organisation and the other sections of the Zoological Society.'<ref name="bio"/>
-Cotgreave was Director of [[Campaign for Science & Engineering]] for nine years<ref>Spiked Online (2005) [http://www.spiked-online.com/articles/0000000CA9FF.htm If you could teach the world just one thing: Dr Peter Cotgreave], acc  26 Nov 2012</ref> <ref name="bio"/> having been appointed in 1998 and taking up the post in July of that year.<ref>Andy Coghlan Universities fear loss of academic freedom ''New Scientist'' June 20, 1998, This Week, Pg. 2424</ref><ref>John Izbicki 'Word of Mouth' ''The Independent'' (London) July 23, 1998, Thursday EDUCATION; Page E4</ref> It was known until 2005 as [[Save British Science]].
+Cotgreave was Director of [[Campaign for Science and Engineering]] for nine years<ref>Spiked Online (2005) [http://www.spiked-online.com/articles/0000000CA9FF.htm If you could teach the world just one thing: Dr Peter Cotgreave], acc  26 Nov 2012</ref> <ref name="bio"/> having been appointed in 1998 and taking up the post in July of that year.<ref>Andy Coghlan Universities fear loss of academic freedom ''New Scientist'' June 20, 1998, This Week, Pg. 2424</ref><ref>John Izbicki 'Word of Mouth' ''The Independent'' (London) July 23, 1998, Thursday EDUCATION; Page E4</ref> It was known until 2005 as [[Save British Science]].
 ==Working Party on peer review==

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-Dr [[Peter Cotgreave]] is director of public affairs at the [[Royal Society]].<ref>Royal Society (2012) [http://royalsociety.org/people/peter-cotgreave/ Dr Peter Cotgreave], acc 26 Nov 2012</ref> His is active in lobbying on science-related issues, being a member of the Parliamentary Affairs Committee of the [[Royal Society of Chemistry]], the Science Board of the [[Institute of Physics]], and the Board of the [[Science Media Centre]].<ref name="bio"/> He is chair of the [[Science Media Centre]].<ref>Charity Commission (2012), [http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends27/0001140827_ac_20120331_e_c.pdf Science Media Centre Trustees' Report and Accounts for period ended 31 March 2012], acc 3 Oct 2012</ref>
+Dr [[Peter Cotgreave]] is director of public affairs at the [[Royal Society]]<ref>Royal Society (2012) [http://royalsociety.org/people/peter-cotgreave/ Dr Peter Cotgreave], acc 26 Nov 2012</ref> and chair of the [[Science Media Centre]].<ref>Charity Commission (2012), [http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends27/0001140827_ac_20120331_e_c.pdf Science Media Centre Trustees' Report and Accounts for period ended 31 March 2012], acc 3 Oct 2012</ref> He is active in lobbying on science-related issues, being a member of the Parliamentary Affairs Committee of the [[Royal Society of Chemistry]], the Science Board of the [[Institute of Physics]], and the Board of the [[Science Media Centre]].<ref name="bio"/>
 ==Background==
 Cotgreave was reportedly born in North Wales and educated in Shropshire, graduating in biology from the [[University of York]]. He has a doctorate from the [[University of Oxford]], where he studied the population biology of birds.<ref name="bio">Royal Society [http://royalsociety.org/people/peter-cotgreave/ Peter Cotgreave], accessed 26 November 2012 </ref> Cotgreave worked successively at the [[Université Claude Bernard]] in France, as a lecturer in Ornithology and Human Sciences at the [[University of Oxford]], has also taught and examined for [[University College London]], [[Florida State University]] and the [[Uganda Wildlife Service]].<ref name="bio"/> He was an honorary senior research fellow at [[University College London]] from 1998 to 2007 and Research Associate at the [[Royal Geographical Society]]'s expedition Mkomazi in Tanzania in 1996-1997.<ref name="bio"/>