Workshop: Social Organization of Science and Science Policy; July 13-14, 2006; Arlington, VA

SES-0631250 PI：Susan E.科曾斯佐治亚理工学院研讨会将探讨在当今复杂的，全球性的，以技术为媒介的社会背景下科学政策的社会科学基础。了解科学政策的结构和组织所涉及的基本社会进程，对于最大限度地发挥科学政策促进科学发展和创新的能力至关重要。 为了充分理解科学政策的制定、接受、传播和影响，重要的是要了解科学政策和科学成功或挣扎的社会组织和政治、经济和社会学背景。研讨会与会者将审查各研究领域的趋同领域，找出研究和知识方面的差距，并具体说明最有前途的问题和最适合进行系统和严格研究的领域。讲习班将审查社会科学组织、政策知识网络以及创新和生产力之间的关系。研讨会还将探讨现有的理论、方法和措施，以确定哪些需要进一步发展或测试。最后，研讨会将讨论有关研究资金，数据资源开发以及教育和培训的关键后续步骤。更广泛的影响。讲习班的目的是通过从事科学政策各方面工作的社会科学领域跨学科学者之间的对话，确定关键的研究问题。讲习班的建议将在一份报告中发表，并在网上公布。据设想，讲习班和讲习班报告将激发新的研究建议，以审查科学政策的社会方面以及在一个高度动态、复杂和以技术为媒介的社会中的科学发展。

SES-0631250PI: Susan E. CozzensGeorgia Institute of TechnologyThe workshop will explore the social science foundations of science policy in the context of today's complex, global, and technologically mediated society. Understanding the fundamental social processes involved in the structure and organization of science policy are crucial for maximizing the ability of science policy to enhance scientific development and innovation. In order to fully understand the formulation, acceptance, dissemination, and impacts of science policy, it is important to understand its social organization and the political, economic, and sociological context within which science policy and science succeed or flounder. Workshop participants will examine areas of convergence across arenas of inquiry, identify gaps in research and knowledge, and specify the most promising issues and areas most ripe for systematic and rigorous inquiry. The workshop will examine the relations among the social organization of science, policy knowledge networks and innovation and productivity. The workshop will also explore existing theories, methods and measures to determine which require further development or testing. Finally the workshop will discuss the critical next steps regarding research funding, development of data resources, and education and training. Broader Impacts. The objective of the workshop is to identify crucial researchquestions through dialogue among an interdisciplinary group of scholars from thesocial sciences that are working on aspects of science policy. Workshop recommendations will be published in a report and also posted on the web. It is envisioned that the workshop and workshop report will stimulate new research proposals to examine the social aspects of science policy and thedevelopment of science within the context of a highly dynamic, complex, technologically mediated society.