New at CNS-ASU

• Experts urge “anticipatory governance”: Too often, governments—and the public at large—can be caught flat-footed, unable to fully comprehend the risks and benefits of a rapidly emerging technology, said experts at the AAAS Forum on Science and Technology Policy, including Dan Sarewitz, director of CSPO and CNS-ASU’s associate director. Traditional methods of risk assessment may not be up to the task. They urged adoption of what is being called "anticipatory governance," an approach that emphasizes preparation more than prediction. [Read More]
• Post-Doctoral Associate/Coordinator for Private Sector Outreach: Center for Nanotechnology in Society at ASU (CNS-ASU) seeks to fill one Post-Doctoral Associate position in the societal implications of nano-scale science and engineering (NSE) starting Fall 2009. This position will focus on private sector outreach activities. [Click here for more information.]
• CNS faculty awarded half-million dollar NSF grant: Two ASU faculty members – Erik Fisher, Ph.D., assistant research professor, Center for Nanotechnology in Society (CNS-ASU), and David H. Guston, Ph.D., director of CNS-ASU – have been awarded a three-year, $540,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to support the Socio-Technical Integration Research Project (STIR). [Read More] [Visit STIR]
• Nanotechnology Briefing, Washington DC: CNS hosted a briefing in Washington, D.C. on March 9, 2009, Nanotechnology and Public: Data for Decision Makers, before the U.S. Congressional Nanotechnology Caucus. [Download the packet (PDF)]
• Society-Technology Relationships: CNS's own Jameson Wetmore, who edited Technology and Society: Building our Sociotechnical Future, explains how he studies how society and technology influence one another and affect the world. [Read More]
• NanoSilver Socks Demonstration: The emergence of nanoparticles into everyday products is raising important questions. CNS explores the effects this may have on the environment. [Download the presentation (PDF)]