Emerging Technologies and Public Policy
The investigation of social and policy consequences of emerging technologies, like biotechnology, information technology, and nanotechnology, represents a new emphasis for the Institute. Our growing technical capabilities have implications for every societal institution, from economics and business to religion and the family. It is important to begin to address the philosophical and policy questions that surround this type of change and innovation in a systematic and thoughtful way.
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- NER: Contours of Nano-problems and Solutions and the Societal and Educational Challenge of Active Nanoscale Technology
Funder: National Science Foundation - National Survey, Societal Implications of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology — A Baseline Data Collection
Funder: Office of the Vice President for Research, Texas A&M University - Decision Making Under Conditions of Uncertainty: Experimental Assessment of Decision Models
Funder: National Defense University - Analysis of Public Opinion Surrounding Genetically Modified Organisms
Funders: Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy, Texas A&M University and the Institute for Public Policy, University of New Mexico - Symposium on the Future of Citizen-Government Interaction in the Information Age
Date: October 7-9, 2001
Location: Presidential Conference Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
Sponsors: Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy, Office of the Vice President for Research, and the Academy for Advanced Telecommunications and Learning Technologies
