The Program on Science, Technology, and Society
(STS) at the John F. Kennedy School of Government presents:
Science and Democracy, a lecture series
exploring the promised benefits of our era's
most salient scientific and technological
breakthroughs and the potentially harmful
consequences of developments that are
inadequately understood, debated, or managed by
politicians, lay publics, and policy institutions.
Harold Varmus
President of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Former Director NIH (1993 1999); Nobel Laureate, 1989
"Enhancing the Contract:
The Federal Government and American Science
in a New Administration"
Moderated by
John Beckwith, Harvard Medical School
Panelists
Sheila Jasanoff, Kennedy School of Government
Charles Rosenberg, History of Science, Harvard University
Dan Sarewitz, Arizona State University
Thursday, April 3
5:00 - 7:00 pm
Yenching Institute Auditorium
Harvard University
2 Divinity Ave, Cambridge
Many observers have commented on the damage that
the current administration has done to science
over the past seven years. Harold Varmus will
evaluate the effects of this era on the
traditional relationship between the scientific
enterprise and the federal government, and offer
some ideas about what a new administration could
do to restore that relationship, increase the
confidence of the scientific community in
government, and allow the nation to take greater
advantage of science and technology. In
particular, he will consider measures to
strengthen the representation of science in the
White House; discuss the possibility of
achieving a more predictable, multi-year pattern
of funding for science agencies; recommend ways
to codify the mechanisms by which the federal
government obtains scientific advice and
protects the independence of government
scientists; and explain why our country should
establish stronger roles for science, medicine,
and technology in foreign policy.
This event is co-sponsored by the Harvard
University Center for the Environment and the
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. For
more information on STS events at Harvard,
please visit: <http://www.hks.harvard.edu/sts>http://www.hks.harvard.edu/sts
This event is free and open to the public.
Contact:
Lisa Matthews
Events Coordinator
Harvard University Center for the Environment
24 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
p. 617-495-8883
f. 617-496-0425
Debbie Meinbresse
STS Program, MIT
617-452-2390
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