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.
Current Projects
- Risk Perception, Threat, and Anxiety Decay in Lone-Wolf Terrorist Events in the U.S. Funder: National Science Foundation
- Lone-Wolf Terrorist Events in the U.S. – Six-Wave Panel Survey. Funder: Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy and Department of Public Service and Administration, Bush School of Government, Texas A&M University
- Gene Drive Applications to Agriculture in Texas: Knowledge, Perceptions, and Values. Funder: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, AFRI, Social Implications of Emerging Technologies
Completed Projects
- ARI-LA: A Framework for Developing Novel Detection Systems Focused on Interdicting Shielded HEU
- Funder: National Science Foundation (NSF) & Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
- Collaborative Research: Planning Grant: I/UCRC for PHEV: Transportation and Electricity Convergence in the Built Environment [PHEV TEC BE]
- Funder: National Science Foundation (NSF)
- 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
