Recent CSPO News
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More Than 225 Americans to Deliberate on the Future of U.S. Science in Simultaneous Forums Across Three States
American Science @250 brings together people of all ages, backgrounds, and perspectives in Boston, Charleston, and Phoenix to consider who should conduct, fund, prioritize, and oversee publicly funded research
More than 225 Americans will gather in Boston, Massachusetts; Charleston, West Virginia; and Phoenix, Arizona, on Saturday, October 3, for a national experiment in public deliberation about the future of the American scientific enterprise.
The three American Science@250 Citizen Forums, organized by Arizona State University’s Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes (CSPO) with partners in each state, will engage members of the public in a full day of informed, facilitated discussion to explore a question usually left to scientists, universities and policymakers: Who should decide what publicly funded science is for and how it should be organized.
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🌞 CSPO Summer 2026 Newsletter 🌞
Summer may be in full swing, but the work at CSPO isn’t taking a vacation. Our team continues to launch policy-relevant programs, drive positive change, and advance use-based, community-oriented policy work. Read on for upcoming events, thought-provoking ideas, and practical insights you can put to work.
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Advisor: Fixing America’s biotechnology governance system will take a major shift
Sam Weiss Evans, senior advisor at the Federation of American Scientists, discusses today’s fragmented biosecurity and biosafety systems at the Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes’s “Forging a New Paradigm in Biosecurity Governance” event at the ASU Barrett & O’Connor Center in Washington, D.C. Photo courtesy of Hager Sharp
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⛄ CSPO Winter 2026 Newsletter ⛄
Not quite buried under DC’s “snowcrete,” the CSPO team is charging ahead—organizing new policy-relevant programs, driving positive change, and advancing use-based, community-oriented policy work. Read on for events to attend, ideas to wrestle with, and insights you can put to work.
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Spring 2026 Program Series
CSPO’s Spring 2026 series focuses on biotechnology and the emerging life sciences