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Session Title: A Panel on the Value of a New Policy Model for Evaluation of Science and Technology
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Panel Session 434 to be held in Malibu on Thursday, Nov 3, 2:50 PM to 4:20 PM
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Sponsored by the Research, Technology, and Development Evaluation TIG
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| Jerald Hage, University of Maryland, hage@socy.umd.edu
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| Discussant(s):
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| George Teather, Independent Consultant, gteather@sympatico.ca
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| Abstract:
Hage will present a thesis about how the theory on the evolution of science and technology requires that we develop a new policy evaluation model that emphasizes the obstacles and remedies for these obstacles. The essential argument is that as evolution occurs, path dependency prevents the kind of adjustments to the new ways of doing research and commercializing it, known as the valley of death. But rather that seeing the valley of death as having a single cause, this new evaluation model perceives eight potential obstacles, and for each there are multiple remedies. Furthermore, the remedies have attached to them dilemmas and the obstacles are embedded in blockages, making change difficult. The panel, consisting of three eminent evaluators of science and technology, Cherly Oros, Brian Zuckerman, and Juan Rogers, will critique the new policy evaluation model, indicating its strengths and weaknesses. George Teather, another eminent evaluator, will lead the discussion.
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Critique of the Idea of Measuring Obstacles and Remedies
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| Cheryl Oros, Oros Consulting LLC, cheryl.oros@gmail.com
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Cheryl Oros has had extensive experience in evaluation, having worked at the USDA, the National Institutes of Health, and most recently the Veterans Administration
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Critique of the Appropriateness of This Model for Federal Policy Problems
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| Brian Zuckerman, Science and Technology Policy Institute, bzuckerman@ida.org
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Brian Zuckerman works on federal research problems at STPI and is a graduate of MIT where he studied science and technology policy.
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Critique of the Relationship Between the Remedies and Social Science Research
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| Juan Rogers, Georgia Institute of Technology, jdrogers@gatech.edu
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Since Juan Rogers is an associate professor of policy at Georgia Tech, he can review the connection postulated between the remedies and various social science literatures
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