Abstract No matter one’s wealth or social position, all are subject to the threats of natural hazards. Be it fire, flood, hurricane,
earthquake, tornado, or drought, the reality of hazard risk is universal. In response, governments, non-p…
Abstract This paper examines the broad social purpose of US climate science, which has benefitted from a public investment of more
than $30 billion over the last 20 years. A public values analysis identifies five core public values tha…
Abstract Using the Public Value Mapping framework, I address the values successes and failures of chemistry as compared to the emerging
field of green chemistry, in which the promoters attempt to incorporate new and expanded values, such as…
Abstract Evaluation studies of the Bayh-Dole Act are generally concerned with the pace of innovation or the transgressions to the independence
of research. While these concerns are important, I propose here to expand the range of public val…
Abstract Public values failure occurs when the market and the public sector fail to provide goods and services required to achieve
the core values of society such as equity (Bozeman 2007). That public policy for emerging health technologies…
Abstract Here we present the framework of a new approach to assessing the capacity of research programs to achieve social goals. Research
evaluation has made great strides in addressing questions of scientific and economic impacts. It has l…
Abstract New sciences born or developed in the 20th century (information, materials, life science) are based on forms of complementarity
that differ from the past. The paper discusses cognitive, or disciplinary, institutional, and technical…
Abstract In this paper we critically review recent developments in policies, practices and philosophies pertaining to the mediation
between science and the public within the EU and the UK, focusing in particular on the current paradigm of P…
Abstract Changes in knowledge production, increasing interaction between government, universities and industry, and changes in labor
markets for doctoral degree holders are forces that have spurred a debate about the organization of doctora…
Abstract In recent years, British science policy has seen a significant shift ‘from deficit to dialogue’ in conceptualizing the relationship
between science and the public. Academics in the interdisciplinary field of Science and Technol…
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