Policy@Tech
Policy@Tech is a consortium of Georgia Tech’s policy research centers. Its goal is to increase Georgia Tech’s policy impact by
- Shaping state and national discussions on critical global challenges
- Catalyzing Tech faculty/student interaction with decision-makers
- Increasing communication among policy research units
- Extending the network of policy-related centers and individuals across campus
- Raising the visibility of policy-related research on and off campus
Policy@Tech Campus Partners are Georgia Tech faculty who have served in government or on government advisory bodies. See list on right.
Past Speakers and Events -
Watch videos of past Policy@Tech talks here. Recent past speakers and events include:
- GTRI Technical Seminar on “Communicating Technical Research to Policymakers and Media”
- Mike Marcus, Electrical Engineering at MIT, on "The FCC from the Inside"
- Ambassador Tibor Tóth, Executive Secretary of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, and Dr. E. William Colglazier, Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State, on "The 50th Anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis"
- Mike Meyer, Civil Engineering, on "Engineers in the World of Transportation Policy"
- Christine Ries, Economics, on "How to Do Analysis of Tax Policy"
- Rob Butera, Biomedical Engineering, and Maggie Kosal, International Affairs, on "Scientists, Engineers, and Biosecurity Policy"
- Amy Pritchett, David S. Lewis Associate Professor of Cognitive Engineering, Aerospace Engineering Joint Associate Professor Industrial and Systems Engineering, Former Director of NASA's Aviation Safety Program) on “The Intersection of Technology and Policy in Aviation Safety”
- Paul Thompson, Michigan State University, From GMOs to Nano and Synbio: Lessons on the Ethics of Emerging Technology”
- Jennifer Kuzma, Humphrey Institute for Public Policy at the University of Minnesota, “Emerging Technologies: Oversight Policy under Uncertainty”
Email list: policy-at-tech@lists.gatech.edu. To subscribe, sign in at lists.gatech.edu and search for “policy-at-tech” in the informational lists.
The Policy@Tech centers are:
- Center for Advanced Communications Policy (CACP), IAC
- Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy (CISTP), IAC
- Office of Policy Analysis and Research (OPAR), GTRI
- Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy Program (STIP), EI2
- Technology Policy and Assessment Center (TPAC), IAC
For further information, contact Susan Cozzens, scozzens@gatech.edu or Marlit Hayslett, marlit.hayslett@gtri.edu.
POLICY FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
POLICY@TECH PARTNERS
Policy@Tech Campus Partners are Georgia Tech faculty and administrators who currently serve or have served in a government administrative or policy position, on a government advisory board at a program level or above (including National Academy committees but not peer review committees), or in a consulting role with two or more agencies on policy issues.
POLICY@TECH NEWS
Michael Best, associate professor in The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, has been appointed to the National Conference of Lawyers and Scientists (NCLS,) a joint committee of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the American Bar Association's (ABA) Section of Sciency and Technology Law.
Helena Mitchell of the School of Public Policy has been appointed as a member of the Committee on Geotargeted Disaster Alerts and Warnings of the National Academies’ Computer Science and Telecommunications Board. The focus of the committee will be to hold a workshop to examine current knowledge and research on geotargeted disaster alerts and warnings to improve the effectiveness of alerts and warnings with greater geographical precision.
Jan Youtie of the School of Public Policy was in Washington, D.C. on February 19 to give a presentation titled “Time to reassess the promise of nanotechnology? An analysis of research, developments and commercialization” at the Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes (CSPO).
Susan Cozzens, Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Faculty Affairs and Professor in the School of Public Policy, was in Washington, D.C. on February 13-14 to participate in the first meeting of the National Research Council’s Committee on Globalization of Science & Technology: Opportunities and Challenges for the Department of Defense meeting (see report above for summary of the meeting).
Gary May, Dean of the College of Engineering, was in Washington, D.C. on February 12-13 to participate in the American Society for Engineering Education’s Deans Public Policy Colloquium. The topic of this year’s colloquium was Advanced Manufacturing. The second day included Hill visits and Dean May met with the new Chairman of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, minority staff for the House Science, Space and Technology Committee and staff for the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee.
