STPP Lecture Series

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Winter 2008

The STPP seminar series is sponsored by the Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation

28 January 2008

“The Policy and Politics of Science and Technology on Capitol Hill”

Tind Shepper Ryen, Professional Staff, Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives—

Commentary by Richard Hall, Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan

Co-sponsored by the University of Michigan Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences

3 March 2008

"Governing Man and Beast: Scientific Knowledge and the Management of Populations"

Paul Erickson, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan Science Technology and Public Policy Program

Commentary by Carl Simon, Director, Center for the Study of Complex Systems and Professor of Mathematics, Economics, and Public Policy, University of Michigan

Co-sponsored by the University of Michigan Science, Technology, and Society Program

31 March 2008

"Changing Big Systems: Barriers to Innovation in Energy Technology"

Frank Laird, Associate Professor of Technology and Public Policy, Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver

Commentary by Andrew Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, Associate Professor of Management and Organizations, Associate Professor of Natural Resources and Environment, Associate Director of the Erb Institute, University Of Michigan

Co-sponsored by the Michigan Memorial Phoenix Energy Institute

7 April 2008

"You Can Argue with the Facts: A Political History of Climate Change"

Naomi Oreskes, Professor of History and Science Studies, University of California, San Diego

Co-sponsored by the University of Michigan Science, Technology, and Society Program and the School of Natural Resources and Environment

14 April 2008

"Science and Technology Policy for Development: Issues for the Global South"

Susan Cozzens, Professor of Public Policy, Director of the Technology Policy Assessment Center, Associate Dean for Research for the Ivan Allen College, Georgia Institute of Technology

Commentary by Ted London, Senior Research Fellow, The William Davidson Institute and Director, Base of the Pyramid Initiative, Univesity of Michigan

Co-sponsored by the University of Michigan International Policy Center, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Fall 2007

The STPP seminar series is sponsored by the Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation

1 October 2007

“Standardizing Regenerative Medicine Products: Another Side of Public Policy and Politics”

Linda Hogle, Associate Professor, Department of Medical History and Bioethics, University of Wisconsin—Madison

Commentary by K. Sue O'Shea, Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School

Co-sponsored by the University of Michigan Center for Stem Cell Biology

29 October 2007

"The Rise of Innovative China?"

Adam Segal, Maurice R. Greenberg Senior Fellow for China Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

Commentary by Kenneth Lieberthal, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Political Science, William Davidson Professor of Business Administration, University of Michigan

Co-sponsored by the University of Michigan Center for Chinese Studies and the Department of Political Science

12 November 2007

"All We Lack is The Political Will: Technology and Effectiveness in Human Affairs"

Dan Sarewitz, Director of the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes, Arizona State University

Commentary by Paula Lantz, Professor and Chair, Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan School of Public Health

Co-sponsored by the Department of Health Management and Policy (HMP) at the University of Michigan School of Public Health

                                                           
10 December 2007

"Transnational Authority in International Technoscientific Collaborations"

Dan Plafcan, Postdoctoral Fellow in Science, Technology, and Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan

Commentary by Steven Jackson, Assistant Professor of Information, University of Michigan School of Information

Co-sponsored by the University of Michigan Science, Technology & Society Program

Winter 2007

The STPP seminar series is sponsored by the Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation

29 January 2007

“Dual-Use Biotechnology Threats in a Poat 9/11 World: The 2002 Synthesis of Poliovirus? ”

Kathleen Vogel , Assistant Professor, Science & Technology Studies and Peace Studies, Cornell University

Commentary by Michael J. Imperiale, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School

Co-sponsored by the Department of Microbiology and Immuniology, University of Michigan Medical School

12 February 2007

"Aesthetic Democracy: Negotiating Visual Norms for Wind Energy Development"

Roopali Phadke , Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies Policy & Politics, Macalester College

Commentary by Beth Diamond, Assistant Professor, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan

Co-sponsored by the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

26 March 2007

"Radically Rethinking Climate Policy "

Steve Rayner, James Martin Professor of Science & Civilization, and the Director of the James Martin Institute, Said Business School, University of Oxford

Panel Discussion with Barry Rabe, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy/School of Natural Resources and Environment and Edward Parson, Law School, University of Michigan

Co-sponsored by the International Policy Center at the Gerald R. Frod School of Public Policy and the Michigan Memorial Phoenix Energy Institute

                                                           
16 April 2007

Book Launch: "Building Genetic Medicine: Breast Cancer, Technology, and the Comparative Politics of Health Care"

Shobita Parthasarathy , Assistant Professor, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan

Co-sponsored by the University of Michigan Science, Technology & Society Program and the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy