Institutional Collaborators

CNS-ASU is closely affiliated with the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes (CSPO), the institutional home for science and technology policy scholarship and engagement at ASU. CSPO is an intellectual network aimed at enhancing the contribution of science and technology to society's pursuit of equality, justice, freedom and overall quality of life.

The Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net) is a national community of researchers and informal science educators dedicated to fostering public awareness, engagement and understanding of nanoscale science, engineering and technology. CNS-ASU is a core partner of NISE Net enhancing informal science education with expertise on the societal aspects of NSE.

The second NSF-funded Center for Nanotechnology in Society in the United States is located at the University of California, Santa Barbara (CNS-UCSB). In the fall of 2011, CNS-ASU and CNS-UCSB collaborated to jointly host the third annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Nanoscience and Emerging Technologies (S.NET). S.NET is a young, international professional society created in part out of NSF's Nanotechnology in Society Network.