Talk:Science policy
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[edit] Cleanup Required
This article is very confused -- and in some cases simply incorrect -- about the field of science policy. I am willing to work on a re-write over the coming months, but this will be a large job and in the mean time readers should be aware that the article is not a good source on the subject.
[edit] Monumental Science
I think the section on "Monumental Science" (even the name itself) is highly biased towards short-term or medium-term "practical" science (a less theoretical science), even taking an opinative and derrogatory view about long-term, theoretical, science.
[edit] in-practice specifics?
This article would be greatly improved with information on how science policy is arrived at and executed in specific governments -- for instance information about NIH funding and congressional Science and Technology committees in the US. I know next to nothing about this (actually what I came here to try and learn about), and so cannot really add it myself. 69.118.254.130 01:32, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Other definitions of science policy
The term science policy is often used not only to refer to the policies that affect the conduct of the science and research enterprise, but also to refer to the act of applying scientific knowledge and consensus to the development of public policies. An example would be congressional requests to the National Academies to provide scientific consensus on global warming and/or recommendations of alternative fuels. Another example is the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science and Technology Policy Fellowships, which place scientists in offices across the Federal government (e.g. Congress, Department of State, EPA, etc) to help inform policy processes with scientific knowledge. Hence there are two somewhat overlapping activities included in the term "science policy": policy for science and science for policy. Gguerre (talk) 21:59, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
