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Hurlbut, J. Benjamin; Robert, Jason Scott – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2012
Owen-Smith et al. (this issue) answer the question about expanding funding for human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC) research decisively and emphatically. They conclude that the U.S. federal government should expand funding in volume and scope, and stabilize it through regularity. According to Hurlbut and Robert, If the clear goal of policy should…
Descriptors: Science and Society, Ethics, Governance, Federal Aid
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Blackmore, Tim – Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 2010
Creating memory during and after wartime trauma is vexed by state attempts to control public and private discourse. Science fiction author Iain Banks' novel "Look to Windward" proposes different ways of preserving memory and culture, from posthuman memory devices, to artwork, to architecture, to personal, local ways of remembering.…
Descriptors: Memory, War, Foreign Countries, Influence of Technology
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Kerner, Jon F.; Hall, Kara L. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2009
In moving health and social service programs from planning into action, it is essential to understand the extent to which the knowledge gained from research should influence the actions taken by organizations and agencies that provide services (e.g., government, nongovernment organizations [NGOs]). The complexity of the challenges in translating…
Descriptors: Science and Society, Public Sector, Public Policy, Theory Practice Relationship