by Darlene Cavalier | Dec 11, 2012 | Cavalier Speaking engagements, ECAST, Events, OTA, Science Policy, World Wide Views
On December 6, 2012, Darlene Cavalier (Science Cheerleader and Founder of SciStarter, an online citizen science community), joined colleagues from Expert and Citizen Assessment of Science and Technology (ECAST) to present outcomes from a recent pilot project...
by Darlene Cavalier | Nov 24, 2012 | Cavalier Speaking engagements, ECAST, OTA, Science Policy
Participatory technology assessment emphasizes that the people (you, me, us) who fund technology development (through taxes and consumer purchases), and who live with its positive and negative consequences, but are not otherwise formally engaged through advocacy, can...
by Darlene Cavalier | Sep 17, 2012 | Blog, OTA, Science Policy, World Wide Views
These are the remarkable people (from all walks of life) who dedicated 8 hours on Saturday, 9/15, to learn about and share their views on biodiversity and its policy implications. We were in Washington, DC, at the National Academies Marian Koshland Museum. This also...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jun 27, 2012 | Blog, ECAST, Events, OTA, Science Policy
Video: USA launch of World Wide Views on Biodiversity from CNSCSPO on Vimeo. About two years ago, Science Cheerleader and our sister site, SciStarter, partnered up with the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars, Boston Museum of Science, Arizona State University and the...
by Darlene Cavalier | May 25, 2012 | Blog, Cavalier Speaking engagements, Events, OTA, Science Policy
Expert & Citizen Assessment of Science & Technology (ECAST) network cordially invites you to the USA launch of the World Wide Views on Biodiversity project: A distributed, agile, collaborative, and non-partisan 21st century approach that integrates citizen...
by Darlene Cavalier | Mar 26, 2012 | Blog, In the News, OTA, Science Policy, Writings
If you’ve ever wondered how Science Cheerleader could have possibly started as a blog to advocate for the reopening of a Congressional agency (the Office of Technology Assessment) and picked up support from NFL and NBA cheerleaders and citizen scientists along...
