Rethinking Science, Policy

Informing Science Policy Deliberation

Society and decision makers are calling on science to produce more useful information that informs problems, clarifies choices and expands alternatives. But the ‘basic’ and ‘applied’ approaches to research are not intended to respond to discrete societal problems.  Limiting the design and management of research programs solely to attributes of science that do not foster participation by users leads to missed opportunities in linking science with decision making.

About the Seminar

November 10, 2014 8:30am

Society and decision makers are calling on science to produce more useful information that informs problems, clarifies choices and expands alternatives. But the ‘basic’ and ‘applied’ approaches to research are not intended to respond to discrete societal problems.  Limiting the design and management of research programs solely to attributes of science that do not foster participation by users leads to missed opportunities in linking science with decision making. In this talk we propose a new multi-dimensional research typology that includes variables for considering users in the design of research. The goal of the typology is to support more robust discussion about the design and management of new scientific research programs whose aim is to produce useful information for decision support. The presentation will include tools for attendees to characterize their own research using the typology and, in so doing, to stimulate ideas for institutional mechanisms to link science to decision making.

Series Sponsosored by:
ASU Office of the President
Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes

Location Information

AGU Conference Center
2000 Florida Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20009

Speakers

Elizabeth C. McNie

Assistant Professor, California State University Maritime Academy

Elizabeth McNie is an Assistant Professor at the California State University Maritime Academy. Her research focuses on the usability of science, research design, and boundary organizations that link research and policy. She has conducted this research with reference to agroforestry,…

Adam Parris

Program Manager, NOAA’s Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (RISA) program at the Climate Program Office

Author, “Global Mean Sea Level Rise Scenarios for the US National Climate Assessment”

Adam Parris is an interdisciplinary expert who works on social and environmental change in US coastal zones. Adam was the lead author on the report “Global Mean Sea Level Rise Scenarios for the US National Climate Assessment.” He also provided…

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