CSPO Events CSPO in DC
- April 16, 2013
New Tools for Science Policy
Technology and Development in a Conflict Zone
War as a Prioritizing Tool
This seminar explores the questions of how that war and development co-exist, why it is still going on even after the threat to which it was primarily directed is past, and whether different results can be expected in the future.
Gary M. Grossman
- May 17, 2013
New Tools for Science Policy
Transforming and Repositioning the American Science Museum
New Tools for Engaging the Public
Can the museum become a place where the role of science and technology in our lives is actively discussed, where the values of visitors are acknowledged and where tools to be a participant in our increasingly technological democracy can be shared?
Brad Herring, Ira Bennett
- June 05, 2013
New Tools for Science Policy
Navigating the Commons
How Science and Management in the Mission Agencies Create Disruptions and Spur Innovations
The Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes (CSPO) hosted a series of informal exchanges between science policy practitioners (i.e. program managers) in government, academia and scientific societies about the challenges and opportunities for innovating in path dependent institutions.
Doug Austen, Adam Parris, David Cleaves, Joe Thompson
- October 07, 2013
Is STEM Crisis a Myth?
It’s an issue that has been repeated in countless reports and news stories: the United States is facing a looming shortage of scientists, technologists, engineers, and mathematicians—a STEM crisis, that is. It’s time for a reasoned, informed dialogue about STEM literacy in the United States, without the political hysterics and contrived logic. Join CSPO co-director Dan Sarewitz and Robert N. Charette, author of the recent IEEE Spectrum article, “The STEM Crisis Is a Myth,” for an in-depth look at this issue and the potential pitfalls and solutions surrounding it.
Robert Charette, Daniel Sarewitz
- October 16, 2013
New Tools for Science Policy
Do Renewable Energy Innovations Mean a Death Spiral for Electric Utilities?
Renewable energy options, led by rooftop solar, have recently transitioned from a luxury good available to few customers to increasingly cost-effective and mainstream sources of electric supply within the reach of many.
Elisabeth Graffy
- November 04, 2013
New Tools for Science Policy
Africans Dial Up Innovation
A New Paradigm for Development in the Sub-Saharan
The people of the Sub-Saharan region are participating in an historic shift in the ways they relate to science and technology. From Accra to Nairobi, from Lusaka to Bamako — Africans have gone from concentrating almost wholly on absorbing new technologies created by distant innovators to energetically and optimistically creating some of their own technologies, developed to an unprecedented degree by home-grown African innovators.
G. Pascal (Gregg) Zachary
- December 10, 2013
New Tools for Science Policy
Factory Meat and Designer Food
Soon at a Store Near You?
Policy makers must grapple with the social implications and governance issues surrounding emerging technologies. The August 5, 2013 introduction of the first factory hamburger, made from stem cells in a production facility, followed by its ceremonial consumption, is one well-publicized example.
Braden Allenby
- February 28, 2014
New Tools for Science Policy
Design Thinking, Sustainability and the Future City
The perceived future impacts of emerging technologies, including nanotechnology, hinge largely on the conventional risk-benefit paradigm. This paradigm oversimplifies the complexity and inter-linkages between technological innovation and the evolution of urban form.
Darren Petrucci, Rider W. Foley
- March 04, 2014
New Tools for Science Policy
Ethics and the New Engineer
Teaching, Research and Practice
Reports from the National Academy of Engineering have visualized The Engineer of 2020 (2004) and delineatedGrand Challenges for Engineering (2008). The reports fall short, however, on plotting a clear course for the new engineer in contributing to the achievement of ethical and socially responsible outcomes.
Joseph R. Herkert
- April 14, 2014
New Tools for Science Policy
Designing Transitions in Energy Systems
The Human Dimensions
Energy systems are changing rapidly around the world, with increasingly deep consequences for society, the economy, and geopolitics. These transitions demand a new approach to energy policy that extends beyond narrow considerations of technology and cost to encompass the broader societal dimensions of energy change.
Clark A. Miller