As part of the Royal Entomological Society (RES)'s ‘Grand Challenges in Entomology’ programme, RES members (including our very own Dr. Eleanor Slade) came up with a list of high-priority challenges for entomology, highlighting issues such as funding for taxonomy, causes of insect declines and increasing entomological awareness across various societal sectors.
Through a collaborative prioritisation exercise, suggested challenges were gathered, processed and prioritised and shortlisted. This resulted in a priority list of 61 challenges classified within 11 "Grand Challenge" themes and four broad groupings.
Schematic illustration of 11 “Grand Challenge” themes that emerged from the prioritisation process (light orange boxes, with grey outlines), organised within four broad topic groupings (dark orange boxes, with black outlines). (Luke et al. 2023)
Find out more here: https://www.royensoc.co.uk/royal-entomological-society-publishes-grand-challenges-paper-that-sets-global-insect-science-agenda/ and read the full paper published in Insect Conservation and Diversity: https://resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/icad.12637