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

本次研讨会将探讨在当今复杂、全球化和技术介导的社会背景下，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过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，重要的是要了解其社会组织以及科学政策和科学成功或失败的政治、经济和社会学背景。研讨会参与者将审查各个研究领域的趋同领域，确定研究和知识方面的差距，并具体说明最有希望的问题和最适合系统和严格研究的领域。讲习班将审查科学的社会组织、政策知识网络与创新和生产力之间的关系。讲习班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试验。最后，研讨会将讨论关于研究经费、数据资源的开发以及教育和培训的关键后续步骤。更广泛的影响。讲习班的目标是通过一个跨学科的社会科学学者小组之间的对话来确定关键的研究问题，这些学者正在研究科学政策的各个方面。讲习班的建议将在一份报告中公布，并在网上公布。预计研讨会和研讨会报告将激发新的研究建议，以在一个高度动态、复杂、技术介导的社会背景下研究科学政策和科学发展的社会方面。

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.