Center for Nanotechnology in Society at University of California, Santa Barbara (NSEC # SES ) PIs: Barbara Herr Harthorn, UCSB; Richard P. Appelbaum, UCSB; Bruce Bimber, UCSB; W. Patrick McCray, UCSB; Christopher Newfield, UCSB CNS Mission Examine the emergence and societal implications of nanotechnologies with a focus on the global human condition in a time of sustained technological innovation. Promote the socially and environmentally sustainable development of nanotechnologies in the US and around the globe. Research Objectives Develop a portfolio of integrated multi-method research on nanoscience/nanotechnologies in dynamic interaction with society, from invention to global distribution, and lab to consumer to environment; provide interdisciplinary training for a new generation of societally- attuned scientists and science- aware social scientists; identify and dialogue with a wide array of public, media, government, NGO, and private sector constituents; serve as a network hub in the emerging national and international network of scholars and activists concerned with nanotechnology in society. Education and Public Engagement programs at CNS-UCSB aim to nurture an interdisciplinary community of nano scientists & engineers (NSE), social scientists, and educators, and to achieve broader impacts through engagement of diverse audiences in dialogue about nanotechnology and society. WG 1 - Historical Context of Nanotechnologies studies the historical underpinnings of nano policy, the nano enterprise, and their social context. Education and NSE & Public Engagement WG 2 Globalization Innovation Tech Transfer Historical Context WG 1 WG 3 Risk Perception Public Sphere UCSB Center for Nanotechnology in Society WG 3 – Nano Risk Perception and the Public Sphere seeks to understand amplification and attenuation of nanotech risk perception in US and comparative other societies and how elite organizations are forming, interacting, and framing discourse about nano and society; and to develop methods for engaging diverse US publics in upstream deliberation about nanotechnologies’ near and long-term futures. Risk perception team (Harthorn) Multiple party risk perception Upstream deliberation, US & UK Experts: NSE, Nanotox, Industry, Regulators Public sphere team (Bimber) Media coverage of societal issues -Automated content analysis Nano framing in elite print media Nano framing by policy makers Growth in volume of public communication re: nano, Nano materials Nano enabled products Risk object characteristics Context Media coverage Contextual variables NGO communication Public perceptions Government communication Risk event Expert risk assessment Policy WG 2 – Innovation, Intellectual Property, and Globalization develops a comprehensive understanding of processes of innovation, commercialization, and global development and diffusion of nanotechnology with an emphasis on E and S Asia. Quantum Dot Mapping: Innovation Pathways Nanotechnology Value Chain Formal Education Interdisciplinary Research & Training Opportunities for Undergraduate and Graduate Students Social Science Graduate Research Fellowships Science & Engineering Graduate Research Fellowships Undergraduate Research Internships (in partnership with INSET) Postdoctoral Training Development of Course Curricula Historical Context (McCray) Nanoelectronics Nanoscale Research and Interdisciplinarity Nanotechnology, Futurism, and the Public Imagination Innovation team (Newfield) Interactions of nano-scale research with technology transfer at the university- industry interface. Survey research on nano-scale laboratories, examining cross- institutional innovation practices Globalization team (Appelbaum) Global emergence and diffusion of nanotechnologies The development of nanotechnology in China and Taiwan Use of nano for environmental remediation in South and East Asia COMING SOON: Fall 2009 Conference Washington, DC “Emerging Technologies/Emerging Economies: Nanotechnology for Equitable Development” Co-sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL COLLABORATIONS United States UC Berkeley Duke University Rice University Univ of Washington SUNY Levin Institute SUNY New Paltz Chemical Heritage Foundation American Bar Foundation International Australian National University Univ. of British Columbia, CA Univ of East Anglia, UK Univ. of Edinburgh, UK University of Wales-Cardiff, UK Venice International Univ, Italy various Chinese institutions CNS TOOLS FOR OUTREACH & ENGAGEMENT Speakers seriesNanoCafé  Nano-Meeter Weekly Fellows Meetings (bringing scientists into dialog with Newsletters the community) Conferences and WorkshopsVisualization tools BlogPodcasts Web Clearinghouse Distribution Database Weekly Clips Media outreach Webpage