Technopolis:
An innovation policy consultancy, which specialises in the
evaluation, comparative analysis and implementation of government
science and technology policy and SME support programmes.
http://www.technopolis.co.uk/
Research Competitiveness Program:
An effort to assist U.S. states participating in the National
Science Foundation's "Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive
Research", from the American Association for the Advancement of
Science.
http://www.aaas.org/spp/dspp/rcp/rcp.htm
U.S. Office of Science and Technology Policy:
In the Executive Office of the President. Current and archived
information about policy on fundamental science, education and
scientific literacy, investment in applied research, and
international cooperation.
http://www.ostp.gov/index.html
Space Policy Digest:
Archive of articles on various topics in space policy, particularly
U.S. NASA.
http://www.spacepolicy.org/
Gender, Science and Technology Gateway:
Global web portal presented by the UN Commission on Science and
Technology for Development (UNCSTD). Policy recommendations and
resources pertaining to sustainable development that addresses
gender inequality.
http://gstgateway.wigsat.org/
FYI -- American Institute of Physics:
FYI summarizes science policy developments in Washington affecting
the physics and astronomy community.
http://webster.aip.org/enews/fyi/
Space Policy Project:
Information and analysis on civil and military space issues,
policies and programs. Covers a variety of topics including life on
Mars, advanced aircraft, Russian aerospace, Challenger accident,
space weapons, exploration, and links.
http://www.fas.org/spp/
Federation of American Scientists:
Involved in a variety of projects, including monitoring arms sales
and weapons development, cyberstrategy, intelligence reform,
military analysis, nuclear weapons, space policy, and monitoring
emerging diseases.
http://www.fas.org/index.html
American Geophysical Union: Science and Policy:
Upcoming legislation and government regulations that have
implications for the geophysical sciences, and position statements
on policy-related topics.
http://earth.agu.org/sci_soc/policy/sci_pol.html
Corporate Policy for Science - The British Council:
Description of the British Council's policy in science, engineering
and environment.
http://www.britishcouncil.org/science/science/policy/policy_short.htm
Al Teich's Technology & the Future Toolkit:
A resource for students, teachers, and anyone else interested in how
technology and society are shaping each other and our future.
http://www.alteich.com
Centre for Research Policy (Australia):
Carrying out research into science and technology policy, research
management, and research policy in Australia.
http://www.uow.edu.au/crp/crp.htm
The Foundation for Science and Technology:
Aims to provide a neutral platform for the debate of science or
technology issues of importance to society. Includes PDF downloads
of journals and ordering information for other materials.
http://www.foundation.org.uk/
The Decline of Unfettered Research:
Essay explaining the reasons for the decline of "unfettered" or
"curiosity-driven" research.
http://www.math.washington.edu/Commentary/science.html
Technology Policy & Assessment Center:
This Georgia Institute of Technology Center engages in
interdisciplinary research and analysis of technology-intensive
issues occuring at the interface of engineering, management and
technology policy.
http://www.tpac.gatech.edu/
The Science Foresight Project:
The first completely Internet-based international science foresight
activity. The goal was to identify emerging research developments in
the physical and engineering sciences using experts selected by
purely objective methods.
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/spru/foresight
Foresight: Making the future work for you:
The UK Foresight programme is managed by the Office of Science and
Technology and brings together key people, knowledge and ideas to
look beyond normal commercial time horizons to identify potential
opportunities from new science and technologies and actions to help
realise those opportunities.
http://www.foresight.gov.uk/
RAND Science and Technology Policy Institute:
A federally funded US research and development center sponsored by
the National Science Foundation and managed by RAND
http://www.rand.org/scitech/stpi/
National Science Board:
The National Science Board is the US science policy advisor to the
President and the Congress. Their homepage contains many documents
on the US science and technology policy.
http://www.nsf.gov/nsb/start.htm
Israel Academy of Sciences & Humanities:
Promoting scientific excellence, providing advice to the government
on scientific issues of national importance, maintaining scientific
relations with similar bodies worldwide, and publishing scholarly
works.
http://www.academy.ac.il
AAAS Directorate for Science and Policy Programs:
Programs devoted to activities in realms where science, government
and society intersect, to further the work of scientists, promote of
human welfare, and foster scientific freedom and responsibility.
http://www.aaas.org/spp/
The European Commission, Official Documents:
Contains official documents of the European Commission, including
documents on their science and technology policy.
http://europa.eu.int/comm/off/index_en.htm
Information Technologies and Social Development:
UNRISD project exploring how new information and communications
technologies can be used in developing countries. Events,
publications, unpublished papers, and researcher profiles. Some
content in French.
http://www.unrisd.org/unrisd/website/projects.nsf/(httpProjects)/A2C02484CD29933980256B5A0044EE67?OpenDocument
Civil Society and the EU:
Masters degree thesis suggests increased participation in research
policy by groups not representing business or science.
http://www.geocities.com/dspichtinger/cseu.html
ACM Public Policy Office:
Statements of goals, position papers, letters and testimony to
Congress and other government bodies.
http://www.acm.org/usacm/
