Fellows Program
Dan Sarewitz
Daniel Sarewitz is Professor of Science and Society at Arizona State University, where he is co-director of the Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes (CSPO) , which he helped to found in 1999. His work focuses on revealing the connections between science policy decisions, scientific research and social outcomes. How does the distribution of the social benefits of science relate to the way that we organize scientific inquiry? What accounts for the highly uneven advance of know-how related to solving human problems? How do the interactions between scientific uncertainty and human values influence decision making? And how can improved insight into such questions contribute to improved real-world practice?
From 1989-1993 he worked on R&D policy issues as a staff member in the U.S. House of Representatives. He received a Ph.D. in Geological Sciences from Cornell University in 1986. He resides in Washington, DC, where he runs a branch office of CSPO.
