Projects

New Science Policy

 
Most observers agree that the compact articulated originally in Vannevar Bush's Science: The Endless Frontier needs to be updated to take into account the very different shape and content of science now. The New Science Policy Project seeks to understand the last sixty years' changes in the course of science policy and to develop alternatives for thinking broadly about the institutional and political frameworks of science policy decision making. The project began with the conference series described above, and continues with additional symposia and workshops. It will culminate in a book series focusing on science policy alternatives and their relations to social, economic and environmental outcomes.