Current Events by CSPO
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What if You Can't Measure What Matters? Public Value Mapping of Science and Innovation Policies
Dan Sarewitz, CSPO Co-Director and Professor of Science and Society
Science and innovation policies are typically justified in terms of a broad range of public values (environmental quality, human health, national security, a skilled workforce, etc.). Yet when it comes to evaluating R&D activities, the assessment approaches generally focus on scientific productivity and economic activity, because they can more easily be measured than public values. As a result, however, science and innovation policy assessments, and decisions based on those assessments, focus on, and run the danger of optimizing, attributes of the research enterprise that don't actually address the public purpose of the R&D. Public Value Mapping offers an alternative, outcomes-oriented, non-economic approach to assessing the effectiveness of science and innovation policies.
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Climate Change and America's Infrastructure: Engineering, Social, and Policy Challenges
TBA, speakers will be announced soon
How will climate change affect the infrastructure of America's cities? Are communities at risk of climate change related disasters?
Attend this two-and-a-half-day conference to learn from government officials, engineers and climate change scholars.
Conference Registration
Registration is required for all conference attendees. Registration ($100) includes access to all conference sessions, conference materials, and light breakfasts all three days and lunches and afternoon breaks Monday and Tuesday. A discounted rate ($50) is available for student registrants with valid student ID.
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CSPO enLIGHTeNING Lunch
Timothy Takahashi, Professor of Practice, Aerospace Engineering, School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
Join the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes for a quick and edifying lunchtime presentation, discussion and pizza. Please RSVP to cspo@asu.edu.
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CSPO enLIGHTeNING Lunch
Vaughn Becker, Associate Professor, Cognitive Science and Engineering
ASU College of Technology and Innovation, Polytechnic Campus
Join the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes for a quick and edifying lunchtime presentation, discussion and pizza. Please RSVP to cspo@asu.edu.
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STGlobal Conference on Science & Technology in Society
Bridging Boundaries between Science & Technology Policy & Studies
The conference develops emerging S&T scholars and promotes the academic and professional advancement of graduate students in the traditionally fragmented community of scholars working in S&T policy and social research.
Call for Papers - abstracts due 11/30
Number Events Listed on this Page: 5
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