Technology Assessment and Public Participation Report Available Online
This report about participatory technology assessment (pTA) is prepared by ECAST members. Our primary motivation is to articulate the role that a network like ECAST might play in conducting and institutionalizing pTA in the U.S.
ECAST is featured on Scientific American’s site.
This news item, “Citizen Science, Citizen Policy,” by @SciCurious, was featured on Scientific American’s website.
When you think of citizen science, what do you think of? I know in my case, I think of people out (maybe with their kids) measuring snowfall, finding birds, or listening at night to hear different kind of insects in various environments.
David Blockstein reflecting on the WWViews
David E. Blockstein, Senior Scientist National Council for Science and the Environment, reflecting on his observation of ECAST’s World Wide Views on Biodiversity Project.
ECAST Event at Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars
During this event we will explore one approach to pTA, the World Wide Views exercise on Biodiversity, a global citizen consultation held in 25 countries on September 15, 2012 that … Continue reading
U.S. group releases report on citizen consultation project
The report addresses the state of pTA in the U.S. with some reference to other countries, and focus in particular on WWViews as a case study to explore the strategies and capabilities of ECAST.
ECAST Presentations at Dupont Policy Summit
Panel focuses on opportunities for bridging the gaps between experts, stakeholders and the general public, between technology assessment and participatory technology assessment, and between EPTA and ECAST.
The Congressional Office We Need Back – The Atlantic
Sadowski, a graduate student at Arizona State University, makes an appeal for nonpartisan advice and processes without settling on the OTA model as a contemporary solution
ECAST Workshops at ASTC Annual Meeting
The session communicated a provocative example of a public engagement exercise possessing a formal structure for involving a cross-section of citizens in targeted discussions with an explicit aim to reach policy makers.
Convention on Biodiversity: Concerns
Rick Worthington addresses concerns that the UN Convention on Biodiversity, whose Eleventh Council of Parties is now concluding its deliberations in Hyderabad, is weak, compromised, or both.
World Wide Views – One Month Later
Eric Kennedy reflects on why he was deeply encouraged by the degree to which the participants engaged with each other, new ideas, and challenging questions.
