ASU CSPO… Get involved in our next big project—NASA’s Asteroid Initiative! 25 Aug 201417 Jun 2015 Informing NASA’s Asteroid Initiative: A Citizen Forum In its history, the Earth has been repeatedly struck by asteroids, large chunks of rock from space that can cause considerable damage in…
Boundary Organizations… A Democracy By, For, and With the People 9 Oct 20131 Apr 2014 I write this in in the eye of the federal storm, amid a government shutdown with seemingly no end in sight. The American public, having weathered these gales before, has…
Consensus Conference… A “National Consensus” without the consensus 27 Aug 201317 Jun 2015 On July 30, the Senate Commerce committee approved an $18.1 billion budget for the NASA Authorization Act of 2013, on a party-line vote of 13-12. This is $400 million more…
Boundary Organizations… From Usable Science to Usable Public Values: The Need for Boundary Spanners 1 Aug 201317 Jun 2015 “My dear, here we must run as fast as we can, just to stay in place. And if you wish to go anywhere you must run twice as fast as…
Public Engagement… Between Beijing and the Expert: Is Public Opinion Changing China? 31 Jul 201327 Jul 2023 Cancellation of uranium plant revisited One day after a rare public protest, Chinese authorities said Saturday, July 13 that they were abandoning plans to construct a uranium processing plant in…
Policy & Outcomes… Extracting Public and Stakeholder Opinions: Unusual Suspects Need Not Apply 8 Jul 201317 Jun 2015 “Public opinion in this country is everything,” stated President Abraham Lincoln in 1859. Fast-forward 154 years to the age of trending Twitter topics and 24-hour cable news. Public opinion seems…
COP11… Technology Assessment and Public Participation Report Available Online 29 Jan 201331 Jul 2013 Expert and Citizen Assessment of Science and Technology (ECAST) Technology Assessment and Public Participation: From TA to pTA Richard Worthington2, Darlene Cavalier4, Mahmud Farooque1, Gretchen Gano1&5, Henry Geddes5, Steven Sander2,…
In the news ECAST is featured on Scientific American’s site. 8 Jan 20138 Jul 2013 This news item, "Citizen Science, Citizen Policy," by @SciCurious, was featured on Scientific American's website. When you think of citizen science, what do you think of? I know in my…
COP11… David Blockstein reflecting on the WWViews 21 Dec 201217 Jun 2015 David E. Blockstein, Ph.D., Executive Secretary, Council of Environmental Deans and Directors and Senior Scientist National Council for Science and the Environment, reflecting on his observation of ECAST's World Wide…
Outcomes… U.S. group releases report on citizen consultation project 5 Dec 201218 Jan 2013 For Immediate Release Engaging the public in science and technology assessment US Group releases report on a large-scale citizen consultation project December 6, 2012. Washington – The “p” in “pTA”…
Expert & Citizen Assessment of Science & Technology 