• CSPO Summer 2025 Newsletter

    As summer shines, we invite you to discover the latest from CSPO!
    Explore our most recent milestones and initiatives, and stay informed about our evolving research, dynamic programs, and exciting collaborations. With new opportunities on the horizon, we’re eager to connect with you this season and welcome your involvement in our thriving community!

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  • Rethinking the NIH: Indirect Cost Recovery Policy

    Bhaven Sampat, professor for Arizona State University’s School for the Future of Innovation in Society and the School of Public Affairs, explains the process of negotiating indirect cost rates at a May 20 event at ASU’s Barrett & O’Connor Washington Center.

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  • CSPO Winter 2025 Newsletter

    As winter unfolds, we invite you to explore CSPO’s latest achievements and initiatives. Stay up to date with our ongoing research projects and upcoming events as we continue to grow in personnel, programs, and partnerships. We’re excited to engage with you this season and look forward to your participation in our vibrant community!

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  • Highlighting public voices in CDR decision making

    The If, the How and the Whether of Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies

    CSPO; the Museum of Science, Boston; the University of Calgary; and other ECAST project partners join forces with diverse experts and everyday citizens to inform decision making on carbon dioxide removal technology.

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  • How Would You Defend the Planet From Asteroids?

    When NASA collaborated with social scientists to engage the public in two-way conversations about the agency’s Asteroid Initiative, the outcome surprised everyone.

    In a pioneering approach to public engagement, NASA and a group of social scientists brought citizens together to weigh in on how the taxpayer-funded agency might approach some technical decisions involving asteroids. How citizens came to engage with strategies for planetary defense—and the unexpected conclusions they reached—was the result of successfully navigating different institutional cultures, extensive preparation, scrambling to meet deadlines, and more than a little serendipity.

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  • Public Value Evidence for Public Value Outcomes

    Integrating Public Values into Federal Policymaking

    In a policy memo for the Day One Project, Michelle Govani, Nicholas Weller, and CSPO associate director Mahmud Farooque lay out a plan of action for the federal government to broaden institutional capacity to collect and integrate evidence on public values into policy and decision making.

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The Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes

Is an intellectual network aimed at enhancing the contribution of science and technology to society’s pursuit of equality, justice, freedom, and overall quality of life. CSPO creates knowledge and methods, cultivates public discourse, and fosters policies to help decision makers and institutions grapple with the immense power and importance of science and technology as society charts a course for the future.

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Fall 2019

Geoengineering, driverless cars, and much more!

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Blog: As We Now Think

The Indirect Costs of Knowledge

On November 14, 1955, the U.S. Secretary of the Army held a lunch meeting with Robert Cutler, President Eisenhower’s former National Security Advisor. While a Department of Defense official meeting with a former NSA would not ordinarily raise eyebrows, the presence of the Assistant Dean of Harvard Medical School made the gathering more unusual. The […]

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Between Data and Feelings

We tried ‘smart’ the last time and are now trying ‘dumb’ – both in the name of saving the Republic. The last one didn’t solve the feeling problem, and it’s doubtful this one would.

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Fake News and Disinformation

Fake news and disinformation in the digital sphere have been trending topics for years, but what do we really know about the public’s relationship to these issues? In partnership with the French organization, Missions Publiques, the Consortium for Science, Policy, & Outcomes (CSPO) recently hosted virtual public deliberations regarding the future of the internet. Participants […]

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