CSPO Events Fall Series 2017
- January 18, 2011
Eisenhower’s Farewell Address at Fifty
President Eisenhower’s address is mainly remembered for his warning of the perils of a “military-industrial complex.” Less widely known, but no less important was his caution, a few sentences later, about “the danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite.” This seminar explored the historical context and current relevance of Eisenhower’s worries about a “scientific-technological elite.” CSPO faculty members and authors Dan Sarewitz and G. Pascal Zachary spoke, along with author and journalist Daniel S. Greenberg and journalist and former science analyst for the GAO William Lanouette. The panel was moderated by Steve Lagerfeld, editor of The Wilson Quarterly.
Daniel Sarewitz, G. Pascal (Gregg) Zachary, Albert H. Teich, Daniel Greenberg
- October 07, 2011
New Tools for Science Policy
The Challenge of Path Dependency and the Need for Anticipatory Governance
This presentation will explore how the existence of path dependent processes increases considerably the need for anticipatory governance.
Jameson M. Wetmore
- November 16, 2011
New Tools for Science Policy
Creative Nonfiction/Narrative
Forging a Working Bond between Next Generation Science Communicators and Next Generation Science Policy Scholars
We will discuss the “To Think, To Write, To Publish,” a program that bridged those multiple gaps by establishing 12 collaborative 2-person teams comprised of a “next generation” science policy scholar and a “next generation” science writer–to learn creative nonfiction/narrative techniques and to write a creative nonfiction essay together, utilizing the scholar’s research.
Lee Gutkind, Adam Briggle
- December 01, 2011
New Tools for Science Policy
Climate of Uncertainty
Civic Scenarios for Decision Making
How do citizens and policymakers prepare for climate change in the face of both the uncertainties of local and regional impact and a political climate that challenges the very role of science in public life?
Cynthia Selin, Patrick Hamilton, Robert Garfinkle
- February 07, 2012
New Tools for Science Policy
Competition within government-sponsored R&D
An effective tool for innovation or a recipe for waste and duplication?
Is competition between and within government R&D agencies a force for innovation and for achieving desired outcomes? Or does competition lead to waste, duplication, and unproductive rivalry?
Sybil Francis, G. Pascal (Gregg) Zachary
- March 27, 2012
New Tools for Science Policy
Bytes and Bodies
Social Media and Political Changes
Was Arab Spring social media driven? Was Egypt revolution a Facebook revolution? Was it a people revolution? Do social media promote democracy? Can it support repressive regimes?
Merlyna Lim
- April 26, 2012
New Tools for Science Policy
Self-Critical Public Science
How to Integrate Creativity and Responsibility
With policies for public engagement of science sweeping through the industrialized world, are we in danger of sacrificing scientific creativity for social responsibility?
Erik Fisher
- January 25, 2013
New Tools for Science Policy
What If You Can’t Measure What Matters?
Public Value Mapping of Science and Innovation Policies
Public Value Mapping offers an alternative, outcomes-oriented, non-economic approach to assessing the effectiveness of science and innovation policies.
Daniel Sarewitz
- February 19, 2013
New Tools for Science Policy
Time to reassess the promise of nanotechnology?
An analysis of research, developments and commercialization
Drawing from work undertaken by Youtie, Shapira and their colleagues at Georgia Tech, the seminar will present evidence tracking nanotechnology research and commercialization and draw implications for anticipatory governance and public policy.
Jan Youtie
- March 08, 2013
New Tools for Science Policy
A Brave New (online) World
Emerging Technologies at the Intersection of Science, Policy, and Rapidly Changing Media Environments
How can citizens make meaningful policy choices in an age of (anti-)science blogs and vicious online debates? And what can we learn from recent empirical work in the social sciences about strategies for navigating this brave new world of science policy?
Dietram A. Scheufele