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Session Title: Linking Professional Associations to Advance the Study of Science and Innovation Policy
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Panel Session 391 to be held in Texas D on Thursday, Nov 11, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
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Sponsored by the Research, Technology, and Development Evaluation TIG
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| Susan Cozzens, Georgia Institute of Technology, susan.cozzens@iac.gatech,edu
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| Abstract:
This panel of representatives of professional associations with interests in science and technology policy and evaluation will begin a dialogue to strengthen the linkages among these communities. After each presents an overview of their association, the topics that are central to their discussion, and “hot topics”, they will brainstorm specific ways they might interact more in the future. Organizations represented in addition to the AEA Research, Technology and Development Topical Interest Group are the Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation, the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM), and the Academy of Management. Interaction with the audience will add other viewpoints such as the Technology Transfer Society. Strengthening this community is a goal of two U.S. federal initiatives, the Science of Science Policy in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Science of Science and Innovation Policy program at the National Science Foundation.
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View From the Atlanta Science and Technology Policy (S&T) Conference and Others
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| Susan Cozzens, Georgia Institute of Technology, susan.cozzens@iac.gatech,edu
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Dr. Susan E. Cozzens is Professor of Public Policy, Director of the Technology Policy and Assessment Center, and Associate Dean for Research in the Ivan Allen College. Dr. Cozzens's research interests are in science, technology, and innovation policies in developing countries, including issues of equity, equality, and development. She is active internationally in developing methods for research assessment and science and technology indicators. Her current projects are on water and energy technologies; nanotechnology; social entrepreneurship; pro-poor technology programs; and international research collaboration. She has been a primary organizer for The Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation, which is sponsored by Georgia Tech and others, and held every two years. She has been active in numerous related professional associations and organized the workshop “Research Assessment: What Next?” in 2001 that brought together experts and practitioners from around the world to deal in part with the topic of this panel.
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View From the American Evaluation Association's Research, Technology and Development Evaluation TIG
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| Gretchen Jordan, Sandia National Laboratories, gbjorda@sandia.gov
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Dr. Gretchen Jordan is a Principal Member of Technical Staff with Sandia National Laboratories. Gretchen works with the Sandia Science and Engineering Strategic Management Unit and the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) on evaluation and performance measurement and innovative methods of assessing the effectiveness of research organizations. She is the North American Editor of Research Evaluation and has been active in the Washington Research Evaluation Network. She founded the American Evaluation Association’s Research, Technology, and Development Topical Interest Group in 1995 with George Teather and has been the chairperson for all but three years since. The group has grown to have more than 20 sessions at every annual conference with presenters and participants from all over the world.
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View From the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
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| Julia Melkers, Georgia Institute of Technology, julia.melkers@pubpolicy.gatech.edu
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Dr. Julia Melkers is Associate Professor in the School of Public Policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She is an elected member of two national boards: the Policy Council of the Association for Public Policy and Management, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy (COSEPP). She coordinates the Technology section of APPAM. APPAM is dedicated to improving public policy and management by fostering excellence in research, analysis, and education. Activities include an annual research conference and a peer-reviewed multidisciplinary journal. Her research addresses capacity development, collaboration patterns, social networks and related outcomes of science, and issues around career development and mentoring in STEM fields with a special focus on women and underrepresented minorities.
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View From the Academy of Management
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| Gordon Kingsley, Georgia Institute of Technology, gordon.kingsley@pubpolicy.gatech.edu
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Dr. Gordon Kingsley is Associate Professor in the School of Public Policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is the past Division Chair for the Public and Nonprofit Divsion of the Academy of Management, which is an active position. Prior to that he was elected to served as the Program Chair. He is also a member of the Technology and Innovation Management Division of the AMA which also does work relevant to AEA. Current research projects explore the impacts of public-private partnerships on the development and allocation of scientific and technical human capital. This work is being conducted in three policy domains examining the following: 1) the impact of educational partnerships on the development of math and science instruction; 2) strategies used by a public transportation agency for effectively managing large numbers of engineering consultants and contractors drawn from the private sector; and 3) the development of hybrid organizations and network organizations designed to channel resources from the public and private sectors to stimulate technology-led economic development.
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