CSPO News
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Managing the complexities of power supply, demand
STIR Cities - new NSF-funded project
While innovations are helping to create “smarter” grids that enable utilities to better monitor, manage and adapt to these changing energy flows, innovations also introduce new issues related to citizens’ rights and responsibilities when it comes to consuming and producing power.
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Jameson Wetmore to lead Social and Ethical Implications component of NNCI
ASU will lead national nanotechnology site
ASU has been chosen to lead national nanotechnology site. CSPO’s Jamey Wetmore will be leading the Social and Ethical Implications component of the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI) effort.
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New school explores how we can best make the future we want
The future—how do we get there from here?
CSPO is pleased to announce the launch of the new School for the Future of Innovation in Society at ASU.
Find additional features in ASU News and AZcentral.
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Students learn to navigate the complex world of science diplomacy
CSPO's new Science Diplomacy and Leadership module of the Science Outside the Lab (SOtL) series
A new Science Outside the Lab track in science diplomacy and leadership brought together a cohort of 14 students representing seven Latin American countries and the US to learn about the complex world of international science diplomacy.
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World Wide Views 2015
Arizona joins voices from around the world to share concerns on climate change
As part of the largest ever citizen deliberation on climate and energy, Arizona State University, led one of 96 daylong debates across the globe that compiled views of approximately 10,000 “ordinary” people.
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What does it mean to preserve nature in the Age of Humans?
CSPO affiliate Ben A Minteer and coauthor Stephen Pyne discuss their new book—a collection of essays entitled “After Preservation: Saving American Nature in the Age of Humans.”
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Study on SOtL program winner in student poster competition
How do you measure the opening of a mind? CSPO researcher presents findings
Congratulations to graduate student Michael Bernstein presented a study on CSPO’s Science Outside the Lab program at the AAAS 2015 Annual Meeting, winning the student poster competition in the social sciences category.
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Can the partnership between science and democracy survive?
CSPO’s Clark Miller co-authored the new book: Science and Democracy – Making Knowledge and Making Power in the Biosciences and Beyond.
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Creative Nonfiction: knockin’ it out of the park
Fifth in Rightful Place of Science book series issued by CSPO
“The Rightful Place of Science: Creative Nonfiction” is the most recent volume in the Rightful Place of Science book series from CSPO. Edited by Lee Gutkind, David Guston and Michael L. Zirulnik, this collection of narrative essays presents expert knowledge about science, technology and innovation policy, without the use of buzzwords and jargon.