Conference: Science and Technology Policy: Systems Approaches to Research and Practice GRC/GRS

会议：科学技术政策：研究和实践 GRC/GRS 的系统方法

• 批准号: 1443904
• 负责人: Jennifer Kuzma
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: Gordon Research Conferences
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-06-01 至 2014-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1443904&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; Science; Technology; Policy; Systems

Science and technology (S&T) are studied and deployed in complex and uncertain environments. These environments include systems of interacting components coming from the natural world, human-created world, and socio-cultural contexts. Because of the complexity of multiple interacting elements of systems in which S&T are embedded, the impacts of S&T are not always predictable or even understood. Furthermore, how to govern science and technology in the best manner possible, upstream of technological deployment, is not usually obvious. Through better understanding these systems and interactions within them, policies for S&T can be better designed and executed. For example, sensitive system components, feedback loops, or leverage points can be identified and targeted for policy-making or future data collection. Yet, systems research is difficult. A holistic understanding of S&T policy systems requires the multi-disciplinary and diverse perspectives of, scholars, practitioners, and stakeholders to examine them from scientific and practical standpoints. Gordon Research Conferences (GRC) provide an international forum for the presentation and discussion of frontier research in the natural and physical sciences designed to maximize productive interaction between attendees. For over 75 years they, have been viewed as the world's premier scholarly meetings. The 2014 GRC on S&T Policy: Systems Approaches to Research and Practice (August 10-15, 2014) will address the challenges and opportunities associated with systems research and practice in S&T Policy. A Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) will precede the 2014 GRC on S&T policy and take place on Aug 9-10, 2014. The GRS creates a forum for graduate students and those starting their careers to present their work and receive mentoring by more experienced professionals in the field. This type of conference is an important component of training, as participants gain valuable leadership experience as speakers, discussion leaders, and organizers. GRS participants also attend the GRC and present posters, allowing them to interact with prominent S&T policy scholars. Both the GRS and GRC, explicitly promote participation by diverse communities, including women, under-represented minorities, scholars from developing countries, and multiple sector-representatives (government, non-profits, industry, academe, think-tanks, et al). The conference will serve to increase the presence of these groups in the field.Broader Impacts:The conference will improve scholarship within S&T policy and help to harness the knowledge to innovate in public-policy domains, matching two key goals of the NSF Science of Science Policy program. The conference will have positive downstream effects on decision-making about S&T, will help to better define the field of S&T policy, and will assist in setting an research agenda for important unanswered questions. The GRS/GRC is expected to increase graduate-student and young-scholar interest in the field of S&T Policy (including the Science of Science Policy), and in many cases, to change the course of their careers.

科学技术是在复杂和不确定的环境中进行研究和部署的。 这些环境包括来自自然世界、人类创造的世界和社会文化背景的相互作用的组成部分的系统。 由于嵌入了科技的系统的多个相互作用的要素的复杂性，科技的影响并不总是可以预测的，甚至是不被理解的。 此外，如何在技术部署的上游以尽可能好的方式管理科学和技术，通常并不明显。 通过更好地了解这些系统及其相互作用，可以更好地设计和执行科技政策。 例如，可以识别敏感的系统组件、反馈回路或杠杆点，并将其作为决策或未来数据收集的目标。 然而，系统研究是困难的。 全面理解科技政策体系需要学者、实践者和利益相关者从多学科和不同的角度，从科学和实践的角度来审视它们。 戈登研究会议（GRC）为自然和物理科学前沿研究的介绍和讨论提供了一个国际论坛，旨在最大限度地提高与会者之间的有效互动。75年来，他们一直被视为世界上最重要的学术会议。 2014年科技&政策审查委员会：系统的方法来研究和实践（2014年8月10日至15日）将解决与系统的研究和实践在科技政策的挑战和机遇&。一个戈登研究研讨会（GRS）将在2014年科技政策GRC之前，于2014年8月9日至10日举行。 GRS为研究生和那些开始职业生涯的人创建了一个论坛，以展示他们的工作并接受该领域更有经验的专业人士的指导。 这种类型的会议是培训的重要组成部分，因为参与者作为演讲者，讨论领导者和组织者获得了宝贵的领导经验。 GRS的参与者还参加了GRC，并提出海报，使他们能够与著名的科技政策学者互动。全球研究报告和全球研究报告都明确促进不同社区的参与，包括妇女、代表性不足的少数群体、来自发展中国家的学者和多个部门的代表（政府、非营利组织、工业、企业、智囊团等）。更广泛的影响：会议将提高科学技术政策的学术水平，并有助于利用知识在公共政策领域进行创新，这与NSF科学政策科学计划的两个关键目标相匹配。 这次会议将对科技决策产生积极的后续影响，有助于更好地界定科技政策领域，并将有助于为尚未回答的重要问题制定研究议程。 预计GRS/GRC将增加研究生和非研究生学者对科技政策（包括科学政策科学）领域的兴趣，并在许多情况下改变他们的职业生涯。