Past CSPO Events
- May 09, 2014CSPO DC - New Tools for Science Policy
Development Orthodoxy in the Himalayas
A Case of Persistent Policy Failure in Agriculture
In an era of globalization and environmental uncertainty, improving the livelihoods of smallholder farmers has become a high priority in agricultural development agenda of policy makers.
Netra Chhetri
- April 30, 2014CSPO enLIGHTeNING Lunch
Exploring Ideas and Practices of Democracy through Indias Anti-Nuclear Movement
- April 14, 2014CSPO DC - 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
- April 03, 2014Co-sponsored
Synthetic Biology Seminar
- April 01, 2014Co-sponsored
Responsible Innovation Seminar
- March 07, 2014Emerge: Artists + Scientists Redesign the Future
Emerge 2014
Carnival of the Future
- March 04, 2014CSPO DC - 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
- February 28, 2014CSPO DC - 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