CSPO - Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes at Arizona State University ASU
Daniel Sarewitz
Managing Director and Senior Research Scholar

Center for Science, Policy and Outcomes
1 Thomas Circle, NW Suite 1075
Washington, DC 20005
Phone (202) 776-0370 Fax (202) 776-0375
ds533@columbia.edu

Dan's work focuses on understanding the connections between scientific research and social benefit, and on developing policies to strengthen such connections. He is the co-editor of Prediction: Science, Decision-Making, and the Future of Nature (Island Press, 2000) and the author of Frontiers of Illusion: Science, Technology, and the Politics of Progress, (Temple University Press, 1996). He has also written many other articles, speeches, and reports about the relationship between science and social progress. Prior to taking up his current position, he was the director of the Geological Society of America's Institute for Environmental Education. From 1989-1993 he worked on Capitol Hill, first as a Congressional Science Fellow, and then as science consultant to the House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. His policy analysis responsibilities included federal research policy, international scientific cooperation, and science education. He was also principal speech writer for Committee Chairman George E. Brown, Jr. Before moving into the policy arena he was a research associate and lecturer in the Dept. of Geological Sciences at Cornell University, with research and publications focusing on processes of mountain building and basin formation along active plate boundaries, and field areas in the Philippines, Argentina, and Tadjikistan. He received his Ph.D. in geological sciences from Cornell University in 1986.

Working Papers

Science Policy Present: Where is the Frontier?

Publications

Books

Sarewitz, Daniel, Roger Pielke, Jr., and Radford Byerly, Jr. (eds.) 2000.  Prediction: Science, Decision Making, and the Future of Nature. Covelo, CA: Island Press.

Sarewitz, Daniel. 1996. Frontiers of Illusion: Science, Technology and Politics of Progress. Philadelphia:  Temple University Press.

Articles and Book Reviews

Sarewitz, Daniel. 2001. "Politics is Hell" Book Review (Daniel S. Greenburg's Science, Money, and Politics: Political Triumph and Ethical Erosion). Science 294: 311-312.

Crow, Michael and Daniel Sarewitz. 2001. "Nanotechnology and Societal Transformation." In Teich Albert, Stephen Nelson, Celia McEnaney, and Stephen J. Lita (eds.) AAAS Science and Technology Policy Yearbook 2001.  Washington, DC: AAAS.

Guston, David H. and Daniel Sarewitz. 2001. "Real-Time Technology Assessment." forthcoming in Technology and Society 23(4).

Guston, David H., E. J. Woodhouse, and Daniel Sarewitz. 2001. "A Science and Technology Policy Focus for the Bush Administration." Issues in Science and Technology XVII(3, Spring): 29-32.

Herrick, Charles and Daniel Sarewitz. 2000. "Ex Post Evaluation: A More Effective Role for Scientific Assessments in Environmental Policy." Science, Technology, and Human Values 25: 309-331.

Pielke, Roger, Jr., and Daniel Sarewitz. 2000. "Anyone for Global Warming? The Inexact Science of Climate Predictions." Washington Times (February 2): A18.

Pielke, Roger, Jr., Roberta Klein, and Daniel Sarewitz. 2000. "Turning the Big Knob: Energy Policy as a Means to Reduce Weather Impacts." Energy and Environment 11(3): 255-275.

Sarewitz, Daniel and Roger Pielke, Jr. 2000. "Breaking the Global Warming Gridlock." Atlantic Monthly July: 54-64.

Sarewitz, Daniel. 2000. "Human Well-Being and Federal Science-What's the Connection?" in D. Kleinman (ed.) Science, Technology, and Democracy. New York: SUNY Press.

Sarewitz, Daniel. 2000. "Science and Environmental Policy: An Excess of Objectivity." In Robert Frodeman (ed.) Earth Matters: The Earth Sciences, Philosophy, and the Claims of Community. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Sarewitz, Daniel. 2000. "Death Takes No Holiday." Book review, Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 25: 988-991.

Sarewitz, Daniel. 1997. "Social Change and Science Policy." Issues in Science and Technology XIII(4, Summer): 29-32.

Opinion/Commentary

Sarewitz, Daniel, and Roger Pielke, Jr. 2001. "Climate Changes; Society has to Learn to Adapt." Albuquerque Journal (August 5).

Sarewitz, Daniel. 2001. "Uncertainty in Science and Politics: Lessons from the Presidential Election." cspo.org.

Pielke, Roger, Jr., and Daniel Sarewitz. 2000. "Anyone for Global Warming? The Inexact Science of Climate Predictions." Washington Times (February 2): A18.

Conference Reports

Sarewitz, Daniel, and Roger Pielke, Jr. 2000.  XE: Extreme Events:  Developing a Research Agenda for the 21st Century. Report of the Center for Science, Policy, & Outcomes and the National Center for Atmospheric Research Environmental and Societal Impacts Group workshop, June 7-9, 2000.

Schultz, Amy and Daniel Sarewitz (eds.). 2000. Science the Endless Frontier 1945-1995: Learning from the Past, Designing for the Future. Highlights from the Columbia University Conference Series.  

 


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