Daniel Sarewitz's work focuses on revealing the connections between science policy decisions, scientific research and social outcomes. How does the distribution of the social benefits of science relate to the way that we organize scientific inquiry? What accounts for the highly uneven advance of know-how related to solving human problems? How do the interactions between scientific uncertainty and human values influence decision making? How does technological innovation influence politics? And how can improved insight into such questions contribute to improved real-world practice?

From 1989 to 1993, Sarewitz worked on R&D policy issues as a staff member in the U.S. House of Representatives, and principal speech writer for Committee Chairman George E. Brown, Jr. He received a doctorate in geological sciences from Cornell University in 1986. He now directs CSPO's office in Washington, D.C., and focuses his efforts on a range of activities to increase CSPO's impact on federal science and technology policy processes.

Sarewitz's published work includes Frontiers of Illusion: Science, Technology, and the Politics of Progress, (Temple University Press, 1996), Living with the Genie: Essays on Technology and the Quest for Human Mastery (Island Press, 2003) and Prediction: Science, Decision-Making, and the Future of Nature (Island Press, 2000). Visit the CSPO online library for more.

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Read an interview with Daniel Sarewitz in The Chronicle of Higher Education about the Center for Nanotechnology in Society's approach to socially responsible scientific research.