Past CSPO Events
- May 17, 2013CSPO DC - New Tools for Science Policy
Transforming and Repositioning the American Science Museum
New Tools for Engaging the Public
Can the museum become a place where the role of science and technology in our lives is actively discussed, where the values of visitors are acknowledged and where tools to be a participant in our increasingly technological democracy can be shared?
Brad Herring, Ira Bennett
- April 16, 2013CSPO DC - New Tools for Science Policy
Technology and Development in a Conflict Zone
War as a Prioritizing Tool
This seminar explores the questions of how that war and development co-exist, why it is still going on even after the threat to which it was primarily directed is past, and whether different results can be expected in the future.
Gary M. Grossman
- March 08, 2013CSPO DC - 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
- February 19, 2013CSPO DC - 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
- January 25, 2013CSPO DC - 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
- April 26, 2012CSPO DC - 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
- March 27, 2012CSPO DC - 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
- February 07, 2012CSPO DC - 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