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 | 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...
by Darlene Cavalier | Dec 13, 2011 | Blog, Science Policy
[This is an update of an article originally posted in 2010.] Newt Gingrich maintains his support for increases in federal spending on scientific research. And I mean massive funding increases at two federal agencies in particular, the National Science Foundation and...
by Darlene Cavalier | Apr 20, 2011 | Blog, Science Policy
Dr. Steven M. Altschuler, chief executive of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, penned this editorial in today’s Philadelphia Inquirer. This was written as part of the Philadelphia Science Festival, continuing through April 28. A good reminder that...
by Darlene Cavalier | Aug 8, 2010 | Blog, In the News, OTA
Last week, Nature Magazine’s Daniel Sarewitz, wrote this about a science policy initiative SciCheer helped to inspire: “More and earlier public involvement is required to steer powerful new technologies wisely….Relative to the cost of research and...
