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The mission of the Science, Technology and Innovation Program (STIP) is to explore the scientific and technological frontier, stimulating discovery and bringing new tools to bear on public policy challenges that emerge as science advances. We work across a range of issues from strategic planning to risk management, technology assessment to regulatory reinvention, both domestically and internationally.
Project areas include: nanotechnology, synthetic biology, serious games, participatory technology assessment, transformative social networking, and geo-engineering.
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News
There's a Sensor in Your Pocket
Existing technologies in today’s mobile phones and web services enable new approaches to citizen science, giving individuals and communities the power to shape the world around them in new ways. Read more in a paper commissioned by the Foresight & Governance Project.
Importance of Synthetic Biology in the 21st Century
The Synthetic Biology Project is being launched to identify gaps in our knowledge of the potential risks of the field, explore public perceptions towards it, and examine governance options that will both ensure public safety and facilitate innovation.
Making a Critical Connection: Science Advice and the Next President
Former presidential advisors highlight the need for a swift appointment of the next presidential science and technology advisor.
Improving The Environment With Advanced ID Tags
RFID technology could improve traffic flow, encourage recycling, and inform consumers if implemented responsibly.
White House Science Office Needs Critical Upgrade
The next president will need a superb Assistant for Science and Technology and a strengthened science advice capability to address the nation's challenges, according to a new report released by the Wilson Center.
Can You Balance the Federal Budget?
While the candidates and pundits debate, go online and take control of the federal budget. American Public Media and the Wilson Center’s Serious Games Initiative recently launched a new game, Budget Hero, to let people explore the impacts of some of the the most important policy issues facing our country.
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Event Summaries
Perverse Incentives: The Untold Story of Federal Subsidies to Fossil Fuels
Friday, September 18 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Jay Pendergrass, Senior Attorney, Environmental Law Institute, Lisa Goldman, Senior Attorney, Environmental Law Institute, David Rejeski, Director, Foresight & Governance Project
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Game Changer: Investing in Digital Play to Advance Children's Learning and Health
Tuesday, June 23 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Gary Knell, CEO, Sesame Workshop, Debra Lieberman, Ph.D., Director, Health Games Research, David Abrams, Executive Director, Schroeder Institute at the American Legacy Foundation, Susan Zelman, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Alan Gershenfeld, Founder and President, E Line Ventures, Scot Osterweil, Creative Director, MIT Education Arcade, Congresswoman Diane Watson, Chair, Congressional Entertainment Caucus, Congressman George Miller, Chairman, House Committee, Education and Labor (invited), Sen. Sam Brownback, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Committee on Science, Technology, and Transportation (invited)
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Media Files (Audio & Video)
Under the Hood of the Internet Economy
Just how open, or closed, is the Internet? Is it an engine of democracy and economic growth, as some maintain, or a more coercive and intrusive media increasingly controlled by corporate interests? This series of interviews takes a close look at the Internet, its promises, and perils.
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David Rejeski,
Director
Patrick Polischuk,
Research Associate
Todd Kuiken,
Research Associate
Danielle Altman,
Project Assistant
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Science and Technology Innovation Program
Woodrow Wilson Center
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004-3027
Email: foresight@wilsoncenter.org
Tel: 202/691-4276
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