Workshop: Advancing Science for Policy through Interdisciplinary Research in Regulation (ASPIRR)

在制定促进技术创新同时防止意外不利后果的监管政策和法律过程中，科学证据是一个关键考虑因素。拟议中的会议将召集来自社会科学、商业和法律界以及政府监管机构的研究人员，以确定科学证据如何能够而且应该支持政府监管和政策制定。该研讨会将规划一个研究课程，促进以科学为基础的科学创新管理方法，尊重多元民主社会中不同价值观的重要性。为期一天的研讨会重点关注纳米材料创新和商业化的技术领域；医疗保健领域的创新；促进生态系统完整性和人类健康的环境法规。审议的主题包括新兴技术的监管；确定政策和监管决策的权威科学；确定多级治理系统中监管执行的适当位置。预期的结果是促进监管科学的联合研究，并协调不同学科的学者与美国各地的实践者和决策者的努力。

Scientific evidence is a critical consideration in the process of creating regulatory policies and laws that promote technological innovation while protecting against unintended adverse consequences. The proposed conference will convene researchers from the social sciences, business and legal worlds, and government regulators to identify how scientific evidence can and should support government regulation and policymaking. The workshop will chart a research course that facilitates science based regulatory approaches to scientific innovation, respecting the importance of differing values within a pluralistic democratic society. The one-day workshop focuses on the technical domains of nanoscale materials innovation and commercialization; innovation in healthcare, and; environmental regulation for both ecosystem integrity and human health. Topics considered include the regulation of emerging technologies; identifying authoritative science for policy and regulatory decisions, and; identifying the appropriate loci of regulatory enforcement in multi-level governance systems. The excepted outcome is to stimulate joint research in regulatory science and to coordinate efforts of scholars in diverse disciplines with practitioners and policymakers across the United States.