Mahmud Farooque
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Engage, but don't overlook competence. Personal views.
Washington, DC
Joined April 2010
RT @CSPO_ASU: RETHINKING #TECHNOLOGY #ASSESSMENT: Policy Signal vs. Noise, CSPO Science, Policy Seminar with John Alic, Thursday, March 20t….
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The seminar briefly explores tech & inequality, climate change, and militarization to refine debates & rethink tech assessment methods.
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The #Climate Conundrum: A #Public #Dialogue on the Role of #Carbon #Dioxide #Removal, Sat, Mar 29, 10:30am - 4:00pm, @sfusurrey. No prior knowledge necessary. Share with your families, friends, & colleagues in the #Vancouver area! Apply at $200 gift card.
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Asteroid Alert! What Would You Do?
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How can engaging with citizens on planetary defense help NASA prepare for the (remote) possibility of an asteroid striking earth?
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And I am taking sides w/ @pahlkadot. Some evidence based policy folks get it — the challenge remains whose evidence? Folks focusing on impacts, or folks trying to virtue signal and tell “noble lies” about the letter of the law to register a win in their ideological echo chambers?.
I'm taking sides here, with MGP. And exactly what the regs say is not the point. The point is the impact they have.
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The Climate Conundrum:.A Public Discussion on the Role of Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR). Saturday, September 28, 2024, Museum of Science, Boston. @CSPO_ASU @ECAST_Network @museumofscience.
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Add your voice! Join us to discuss two emerging carbon dioxide removal technologies: Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement (OAE) and Direct Air Capture with Carbon Storage (DACCS).
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Technological Opportunity, Demand conditions, Appropriability — the three essentials for radical and revolutionary technological change, and this is a classic case. Evolutionary theorists (Mowery et al.) still offers better lenses for understanding innovation.
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RT @ASUEmbeddedness: Check out @ASUCollegeofGF Associate Vice Provost for Discovery, Engagement and Outcomes Dr. Dave Guston's newest piece….
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Academia’s mission now includes “impact”—but what does that mean?
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We have been asking a different question: Can the museum become a place where the role of science and tech in our lives is actively discussed, where the values of visitors are acknowledged and where tools to be a participant in our democracy can be shared?
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In recent years, Chinese museums embarked on a creative journey, seamlessly blending art, history and innovation. This fusion has revolutionized cultural products and created vibrant spaces that integrate various industries. Museums are now breathing new life into their
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It was a pleasure to contribute an editorial for this special topic issue of TATuP on malevolent use of emerging technologies: Checkout the link below for free online access to all articles.
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Then-. Please join a breakfast consultation meeting from 8am-9:30am on Wednesday, April 10 for a proposed research center on participatory and democratic governance of #mCDR technologies If interested, please email CSPODC@asu.edu by Monday, April 8.
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This one-year project will explore and articulate the need, opportunities, resources, organizations and partnerships for designing a global research center for participatory, inclusive, and respons...
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Coming to 2024 #UNOceanDecade conference in Barcelona? Working on Marine #Carbondioxideremoval (mCDR)? Involved in #Research, #Education & #Engagement, #Publicengagement? Involved in #participatory #governance of #ocean & #climatechange? Involved in some combination of the above?.
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RT @ISPSYale: How can we regulate & govern with AI? Our conference yielded many ideas: @landemore @royalhansen @mat….
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New paper from our "Preparing for Gene Editing Technologies" (PGET) Project ( by Barlevy et al. @CSPO_ASU @ECAST_Network @ASU_SFIS @museumofscience @bcm @MaybornMuseum @azsciencecenter .
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The rapid development of human genome editing technologies has raised significant questions about these tools’ potential and proper applications and societal impacts; as well as broader practical and...
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RT @dsfeld: Share your perspective as part of this event we're doing @museumofscience on April 6 with @ENERGY & earn a $100 stipend. We'll….
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Could Technology Assessment be a Bastion of Democratic politics in post Truth Era? Anja Bauer asks @CSPO_ASU New Tools for Science Policy Breakfast Seminar on European Technology Assessment Models @ASUinDC
Join us next Thursday.March 21st 9am ET —.for @CSPO_ASU Breakfast Seminar.in person or online.w/Visiting Professor Anja Bauer on. Inspirations from #European #TechnologyAssessments: Institutions, Practices and Key Debates .
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RT @RNihoul: Very happy to have a chance to exchange at international level on the EU expererience with deliberative democracy, talking abo….
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From December 2022 to the end of April 2023, three panels of EU citizens developed concrete recommendations to some of the key initiatives in the European Commission's 2023 Work Programme.
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“They’re masters of the arcane processes, which makes them incredibly valuable ….but, like the contractors, the jobs they’re asked to do are not actually the work that needs doing. It is work that “meets government needs, but not user needs.”.
@KumarAGarg Just for you.
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