Abstract When the journal Minerva was founded in 1962, science and higher educational issues were high on the agenda, lending impetus to the interdisciplinary
field of “Science Studies” qua “Science Policy Studies.” As government ex…
Abstract The Congress for Cultural Freedom is remembered as a paramount example of the “cultural cold wars.” In this paper, I discuss
the ways in which this powerful transnational organization sought to promote “science studies” as …
Abstract Alvin Weinberg’s classic and much debated two articles in Minerva, “Criteria for Scientific Choice” (1963) and “Criteria for Scientific Choice II – The Two Cultures” (1964), represent two of the first and most important …
Abstract Imagine putting together a jigsaw puzzle that works like the board game in the movie “Jumanji”: When you finish, whatever
the puzzle portrays becomes real. The children playing “Jumanji” learn to prepare for the reality tha…
A Forward Look
Content Type Journal ArticlePages 143-148DOI 10.1007/s11024-012-9202-xAuthors
Daniel Sarewitz, Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes, Arizona State University, 1834 Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20008, USAArie Rip, Univer…
Abstract Science and technology policy is both faced by unprecedented challenges and itself undergoing seismic shifts. First, policy
is increasingly demanding of science that it fixes a set of epochal and global crises. On the other hand, p…
Abstract In this paper, we argue that there are patterns of innovation occurring in less economically developed countries (LEDCs) that
have been historically overlooked by the innovation studies literature, including the literature on innov…
Abstract In this paper, I offer a personal account of a journey through a world of science governance that is in flux. I reflect on
three levels of experimentation: first, the intermingling of social scientists with scientists and policymak…
Abstract Inducement prizes have been long used to stimulate individuals and groups to accomplish diverse goals. Lately, governments
have become more and more interested in these prizes and sought to include this kind of incentives within th…
Abstract In the U.S.A., advocates of academic freedom—the ability to pursue research unencumbered by government controls—have long
found sparring partners in government officials who regulate technology trade. From concern over classifi…
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