Watching the Watchers: Lessons from the Science of Science Advice
Institutions that play a watchdog role in society offer a persistent challenge for democracy: who shall watch the watchers?
Research
End the Deadlock on Governance of Geoengineering Research
Proposals for research on geoengineering methods to offset greenhouse-gas–driven climate change have attracted controversy.
Putting Health IT on the Path to Success
The Discovery-Invention Cycle: Bridging the Basic/Applied Dichotomy
Since the Second World War U.S. science policy has, in large measure, been driven by Vannevar Bush's Science, The Endless Frontier.
RIP: The Basic/Applied Research Dichotomy
U.S. science policy since World War II has in large measure been driven by Vannevar Bush’s famous paper Science—The Endless Frontier.
The Fate of an Engineered Planet
The article presents fictitious accounts of possible technological innovations that might be designed to address rising global temperatures in the 100 years following 2013.
Innovación en Energía en España: Análisis y Recomendaciones
Discrimination in Online Ad Delivery
A Google search for a person's name, such as “Trevon Jones”, may yield a personalized ad for public records about Trevon that may be neutral, such as “Looking for Trevon Jones?
The Public of Public Reason (Sarton Chair Lecture)
Missions-oriented RD&D Institutions in Energy between 2000 and 2010: A Comparative Analysis of China, the United Kingdom, and the United States
By analyzing the institutions that have been created to stimulate energy technology innovation in the United States, the United Kingdom, and China—three countries with very different sizes, political
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