The School ofPublic Policy
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Approaches to S&T policy differ

European Union

United States

S&T policy
STS/Philosophy Engineering
integrated withand history of systems and Environmental andCountry Disciplinary orientation
Policy Management Economics
sciencepolicyDevelopment policy
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MIT Boston
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CIRES U of Colorado Boulder
RPI Troy STS
Princeton STEP
CMU Engineering & Public Pol
UIC Chicago
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SPRU U of Sussex
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MERIT Maastricht
ECIS Eindhoven
TIK U of Oslo
U of Amsterdam
AalborgBocconi Milan
Twente STS in bold is the focus of the program•2Insights• Program focus tends to mirror the core competencies offaculty members in the department• Some US programs like Princeton, Arizona (CSPO) andColorado (CIRES) are highly idiosyncratic• Many S&T programs integrate environmental policy
related courses into their curriculum and highlight theScience & Technology policy aspects• There are other US policy The Maxwell School at
Syracuse offers a basic S&T policy course and one classin the Economics of Science & Technology• Ohio State is starting up a program•3

Core innovation studies topics
Introduction to Science & Technology Studies
Historical perspective on Science, Technology, and Society
Philosophy and Sociology of Science
Social dynamics in S&T communities and production ofknowledge
Themes and Debates
Innovation Analysis
Basic Concepts
Methods of Innovation analysis
Applications of Innovation Analysis
Comparative Innovation Policy
Background topics
Understanding and analyzing policy rationales
Theoretical frameworks
Comparative analysis of innovation policy
University and Industry linkages
Intermediaries in Innovation Policy
Innovation and regional policies
Innovation Policy and other objectives
Innovation policy, regulation and dealing with controversy
Foresight for Innovation Policy
Evaluation of innovation policy•4Specialist topics
Civilian and Military applications of Space

Innovation for Sustainability

Competing in the Global Economy

Intellectual property rights and competition law

Complex Product Systems (COPS)

Management of Technological Risks

Economic Analysis of Industry Evolution

Managing Innovation

Economics of Technical change

Quality, Strategy and Value Creation

Energy systems and Economic Development

Regional Development and Transportation Policy

Entrepreneurship, Economics, and Public Policy

Science, Technology, and Society

Entrepreneurship, growth, and public policy

Sustainable Energy

Financial Systems, Investments and Technology

Technology and Development

Global Climate Change

Technology Cooperation: Incentives and policy for strategic
alliances

Global Medicine and Local HealthTechnology Negotiations and Dispute Resolution systems

ICT Policy

Technology Transfer

Industrial Ecology

US Space Policy•5The Structure of our degrees
Core classes

Elective areas

Policy Theory

S&T policy

Policy Analysis

Environmental & Energy Policy

Ethics in Policy

Economic Development

Research Methods

Information Technology Policy

Statistics
Economics for Policy•6

Science & Technology Policy Courses
Undergraduate• Critical Issues in Science and Technology• Economic Development Policy andPlanning• Gender, Science, Technology, and PublicPolicy• Information and Communications
Technology Policy• Information Policy and Management• Internet and Public Policy• Mass Communications Policy• Philosophy of Science• Philosophy of Technology• Science, Technology and Public Policy• Science, Technology and Regulation•7Graduate• Advanced S&T Policy (PhD capstone)• Bibliometrics, Citation Analysis and TechMining• Comparative S&T Policy• Critical Perspectives on Science andTechnology• Geography of Innovation• Information Policy and Management• Innovation, the State and IndustrialDevelopment• Internet and Public Policy• Science, Technology and Public Policy(Intro)• Science, Technology and Regulation• Scientific Careers and Workplaces• Technology, Regions, and Policy

Environmental & Energy Policy Courses
Undergraduate• Energy Policy• Environmental Ethics• Environmental Policy and Politics• Introduction to Climate Policy• Negotiating Sustainability• Science, Technology, and Regulation• Sustainability, Technology & Policy•8Graduate• Advanced Topics in EnvironmentalPolicy• Ecological Economics• Economics of Environmental Policy• Energy Technology and Policy• Environmental Finance• Environmental Issues Seminar• Environmental Law• Environmental Values and PolicyGoals• Negotiating Sustainability• Negotiation & Conflict Management• Policy Tools for Managing theEnvironment• Sustainability and Environmental
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•9Community Development
Economic Development Analysis and Practice
Equity, Social Justice, and Economic Development
Geographies of Innovation: Development, Regions, and Labor Markets
Industrial Restructuring and Its Planning Implications
Innovation and the State
Local Economic Development Planning and Policy
Methods of Regional and Urban Policy Analysis and Planning
Modernization and Development
Regions, Technology, and Policy
Sustainable Urban Development
Urban Development Policy
Urban Transformations in the Global SouthWho we are•10••••••

7 full professors – including chair
12 associate professors
7 assistant professors
1 visiting professor
3 academic professionals
5 staff••

26 tenure track faculty
Plus research faculty in CACP, Center for Advanced
Communication PolicyOur degree programs
DegreeEnrollment

BS78• Attorney at King and Spalding• Budget analyst for CDC• Asst. professor of mathematics at Haverford College• Development officer, Community Affordable Housing Equity
Corporation• Clinical ethicist, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer CenterMS47• Director of GA Aquarium• GA legislator• Assistant to governor Purdue

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University of Kansas
Arizona State University
Florida International University
Ohio State University
San Francisco State University
University of Missouri – Kansas City
University of Vermont
Kennesaw State University

Other:–•12

Chief of Staff to the Director of Centers for Disease Control
Economist, Federal Bureau of Economic Analysis
Analyst, National Science Foundation
Postdoctoral scholar, National Center for Atmosphere ResearchAnalyst, Bank of America

Student work
– Developing an economic development plan for the Mayor, CityCouncil, City Manager, lead economic development officials, andcitizens of College Park GA– Working with Atlanta community groups and policymakers on
local development issues, the BeltLine, local telecommunications,etc.
– Our students intern with: Governor Sonny Perdue, Environment,Transportation, and Economic Development Office of Georgia,Planned Parenthood of Georgia, School Superintendent for theState of Georgia, Office of Policy Analysis and Research, GTRI.
– Last year 14 undergraduate students were involved in ourresearch and 39 GRA’s were supported.

•13Centers & Programs• Center for Advanced Communications Policy (CACP)–A national, regional and state resource for timely advice on advanced and emerging
communications and technology policy. CACP is a neutral authority, monitoring andassessing related legislative and regulatory issues, identifying future options
through horizon scanning techniques, and promote a clearer understanding of theever changing technology landscape.

• Center for Nanotechnology and Society (CNS-ASU) @ Georgia
Tech––

NSF sponsored, real-time technology assessment
links tightly with GT's growing leadership efforts in nano science and engineering• Technology Policy and Assessment Center (TPAC)• Program in Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (STIP)–

Advances research and practice in science, technology, innovation, and spatial
development policy.

• Research Value Mapping Program (RVM)–•14

Advances the state-of-the-art in research evaluation

Count of School’s links with the rest of campus
SchoolArchitecture2Building Construction
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Architecture City & Regional Planning8
Industrial Design
1Music0 0
Computational Science & Engineering
2Computing Computer Science
4Interactive Computing
2
Aerospace0 0
Biomedical
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Chemical and Biomolecular
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Civil & Environmental
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Engineering Electrical & Computer#Industrial & Systems
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Institute for Bioengineering & BioScience 1
Materials Science & Engineering
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Mechanical
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Economics
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History, Technology, & Society
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Ivan Allen International Affairs
8
Literature, Communication, & Culture
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Modern Languages
2
Management
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Applied Physiology
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Biology1
Chemistry & Biochemistry2
Sciences Earth & Atmospheric Sciences4Mathematics
1Physics
0 0Psychology
3Applied Research Institute (GTRI)
3Economic Development Institute (EII)#••••••••College•1522812427

Joint sponsored research
Adjunct/Joint appointments
Center associates, affiliates/advisory boards
Collaborative degrees/programs
Recent co-authors
Cross-listed courses
Students in pre-law minor
Students in graduate certificate in public policy

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International approach to policy• Research: Six research projects with international
collaborators or conducted abroad– Japan, Malaysia, various European countries, Peru,Argentina, Chile• We are the only U.S. university to have participated in theEuropean network of excellence in innovation studies: thePRIME consortium– A lively graduate student exchange program is underwaywith our European PRIME partners• We host a biennial international conference on S&T policy•16

Research•17

SPP books•18

Active Research Projects• Faculty active on $6 million insponsored research:– Professional Networks as a Determinant of Advancement, Mobility, andCareer Outcomes for Women and Minorities in STEM Fields– Bio-fuels as an example of international collaboration– Distributional Assessment of Emerging Technologies– Helping the Government of Malaysia understand its knowledge-based
economy– Revealing Innovation Pathways– Measuring and Tracking Research Knowledge Integration– Developing a web-based learning tool - AGORA– The division of innovative labor– Commercialization of Academic Science in a Changing Policy
Environment– How can knowledge about women in science and engineering effectively
overcome costs of cognitive load, effort, and time to diffuse among
potential users?
– Ethically Contentious Research and Innovation: An Interdisciplinary andInter-institutional Experiment in Ethics Education– Behaviorally Based Policies for Better Buildings•19Current research sponsors••••••••••••••20

National Science Foundation
National Institutes of Health
Department of Energy through Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Department of Commerce – NIST, Economic Development Administration
Department of Education
Air Force, Navy
Kauffman Foundation
Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation
State of Georgia, Environmental Facilities Authority
Atlanta Beltline Inc.
Hitotsubashi University
Erawatch network Brussels, Belgium
European techno-economic policy support network - Brussels, BelgiumService•Working to accelerate the development and deployment ofsustainable energy technologies by:
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Testifying before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on energy efficiency
For DOE, leading the development of a report describing the national strategy to deploy
and commercialize greenhouse gas intensity reducing technologies (report wasmandated by the Energy Policy Act of 2005).
Serving on the IPCC

Advising the NSF on human resource data for science statistics
Helping scientific experts on committees of the National
Academies communicate effectively by introducing them to stateof-the-art social and behavioral research in decision sciences andrisk communication.
Leading the "Knowledge Translation" task force for the National
Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) of theUS Dept of Education that must recommend how to makeknowledge created in research available for the benefit of people
with disabilities•22