Archiv für Februar 2011

Chemistry, Green Chemistry, and the Instrumental Valuation of Sustainability

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…

The Stakes in Bayh-Dole: Public Values Beyond the Pace of Innovation

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…

Public Value Mapping of Equity in Emerging Nanomedicine

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…

Public Value Mapping and Science Policy Evaluation

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…