Science Policy
Enhancing trust in science and democracy in an age of misinformation
An op-ed in Issues in Science and Technology co-authored with Marcia McNutt, president of the National Academy of Sciences.
Finding Collective Advantage in Shared Knowledge
An Issues in Science and Technology podcast interview on the historical impact of U.S. investment in science.
The next 75 years of U.S. science and innovation policy
An article examining how the future of scientific research needs to be restructured to meet the increasingly complex needs and challenges facing society.
The need for a new international technological alliance
A conversation with Eric Schmidt about the opportunities and risks facing the US without a coordinated, strategic plan related to artificial intelligence.
We must tear down the barriers that impede scientific progress
An op-ed urging a new approach to science that is more open, efficient, effective and equitable.
Science institutions for a complex, fast-paced world
An article about why the time has come to move beyond the post- World War II model of organizing science.
How Science, Wedded with Good Policy, Has Created a Better World
An article about the critical role science plays in understanding humanity as the means by which society progresses.
In This I Trust: Don't Take Progress For Granted
An article about the faith of Americans in major institutions and the habit of taking our national progress for granted.
How Studying a Metal Asteroid Can Rock Our World
An article about the potential impact of NASA's first ASU-led mission to a metal asteroid.