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Tag Archives: science policy
An (Im)Modest Proposal – The UK Evidence Information Service | Pasco Phronesis
Three U.K. universities are doing something I doubt their U.S. counterparts have the resources (or the willingness to risk) to duplicate. They have started a process for establishing an Evidence Information Service (EIS) to, as they put it, help put … Continue reading
Science’s rightful place is in service of society | Dan Sarewitz
Science policy must concentrate less on how much money is spent, and more on how to translate investments into public good via Science’s rightful place is in service of society : Nature News & Comment.
IPCC Fifth Assessment | Summary for Policy Makers
The Final Draft of the Working Group I contribution to the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report will be available on 30 September. Until then, you can read the summary for policy makers.
Posted in Climate Change, Environmental policy
Tagged climate, climate change, climate science, policy, science policy
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More Scientists-Statesmen?
Only a handful of physicists have reached the halls of Congress. Bill Foster, a particle physicist and businessman just elected as a Democrat to the House of Representatives from Illinois’s newly drawn 11th district, wants this situation to change. The … Continue reading
“Fracked Ideologies” published at Science Progress
The use of high-volume hydraulic fracturing for natural gas drilling has ignited a fiery political debate. Advocates tout natural gas as a clean-burning, cheap, and abundant fuel that can boost economic growth and energy security. Detractors question these benefits and … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Basic News, Broader Impacts, Degrowth Economics, Economics & STEM Research, Environmental policy, Gas Fracking, Philosophy & Politics, Public Philosophizing, Science and technology ramifications, Sustainability, Risk Management, & Long-Term Security, TechnoScience & Technoscientism
Tagged exploration, fracking, Fuller, hydraulic fracturing, innovation, Kurzweil, politics, politics of science, precautionary, proactionary, science policy, shale gas
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Science Policy in the Tragic Age of the Geeks
The title is inspired, obviously, by Nietzsche — but also by this short and funny post from University College London. STS Observatory » Blog Archive » The Geekocratic Tendency. So, what do we think is a good name for this … Continue reading
Occupy Impact – the 1st Annual CASRAI International Conference | CASRAI
These guys are on the right track, if you ask me! We feel the ‘occupy’ meme fits the subject well. In our case occupy is not about protest or revolution. It is about getting inside a difficult issue and tackling … Continue reading
Squaring the genetically modified crop circle – opinion – 24 May 2012 – New Scientist
Matthew Nisbet has this right: If researchers want to make progress with genetically modified crops, they must join their opponents in examining regulation. Squaring the genetically modified crop circle – opinion – 24 May 2012 – New Scientist.