Past CSPO Events
- September 05, 2018CSPO DC
A Humble Insect, the Quest for Knowledge, and Our Unnatural Future
Join us to celebrate the publication of Lisa Margonelli's brilliant new book, "Underbug: An Obsessive Tale of Termites and Technology"
“The proper study of mankind is man,” Alexander Pope famously wrote in 1733. But award-winning journalist Lisa Margonelli’s new book, Underbug: An Obsessive Tale of Termites and Technology, tells us that the proper study of mankind might very well be termites. In telling this tale of what science is learning about termites, Margonelli is really pursuing deeper questions about science and humanity itself, to ask, “How do we know what we know?” and even “How do we know who we are?” Underbug is a wise, funny, disquieting, and hopeful portrayal of how humanity’s quest for knowledge about the world around us is also a mirror on our inner selves.
Join Lisa Margonelli and National Public Radio science reporter Richard Harris in a discussion of Underbug, followed by a book signing. Books will be available for purchase.
Lisa Margonelli, Richard Harris
- August 09, 2018CSPO DC
National Priorities for Adapting to Global Warming
Launch event for the Summer 2018 Issues in Science and Technology
Join us for the launch of the Summer 2018 Issues in Science and Technology!
How can climate adaptation become a national priority?
Bruce Guile, president and cofounder of the New Advisory Group, and Raj Pandya, the founding director of the Thriving Earth Exchange at the American Geophysical Union, will address exactly that question. They will discuss “Adapting to Global Warming: Four National Priorities,” their clear-eyed assessment of the policy steps needed to use human ingenuity to confront climate change.
Please join us as these experts bring decades of experience in climate policy to bear on the urgent question of how best to adapt to a warmer future.
Bruce Guile, Raj Pandya
- June 15, 2018CSPO DC
The Festival of Science & Religion
A celebration of the ways that science and religion interact and harmonize to create more meaning, understanding, and purpose in our world
A celebration of the ways that science and religion interact and harmonize to create more meaning, understanding, and purpose in our world. This day-long festival offers guests the opportunity to explore compelling new stories and thought provoking ideas presented by writers, thinkers, skeptics, and believers from various disciplines and denominations in a series of events that will challenge and inspire. Come for an hour, come for the day. The Festival–set in the magical Mansion on O St., near Dupont Circle—will present new ways to understand and appreciate our complicated world.
- May 29, 2018CSPO DC - New Tools for Science Policy
The Transformative Impact of NASA’s User-Focused Data
Vanessa Escobar
- April 11, 2018CSPO DC - New Tools for Science Policy
Autonomous Vehicles: Keeping the Public in the Driver’s Seat
How citizen deliberations in the US and Europe can inform the future of this technology
In this talk, David Tomblin (University of Maryland, College Park), Mahmud Farooque (Arizona State University), and Jason Lloyd (Arizona State University) will discuss their recent project to explore community perspectives on the development and deployment of self-driving vehicles. Self-driving cars are a global phenomenon, and Europe has taken the lead on bringing citizen insights into the technology’s development. Yves Mathieu and Antoine Vergne from Missions Publiques in Paris will discuss the results of five simultaneous community forums held throughout France.
Yves Mathieu, Antoine Vergne, David Tomblin, Mahmud Farooque, Jason Lloyd
- March 16, 2018
- February 27, 2018CSPO Conversations
Debunking the “War on Coal”
Launch event for the Winter 2018 Issues in Science and Technology
Join us for the launch of the Winter 2018 Issues in Science and Technology!
Charles Herrick and Ana Unruh Cohen will discuss how US greenhouse gas regulations affect the coal industry and other energy sectors. They will look at what other factors have led to a decline in the country’s coal use, and how these forces might shape US energy production in the future.
Please join us as these experts explore past and present environmental regulations in the United States, and what the current situation could mean for the future.
Charles Herrick, Ana Unruh Cohen
- November 07, 2017