The Politics of Precaution: A Comparison of Consumer and Environmental Regulation in Europe and the United States, 1970 - 2008

Sep 21, 2009, 4:00 am-5:30 pm EDT
1110 Weill Hall
STPP 2009 Fall Lecture Series David Vogel, Professor of Business Ethics and Political ScienceHaas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley Commentator: Barry Rabe, Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan 4:00-5:30pm in the Betty Ford Classroom (1110 Weill Hall) at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. Co-Sponsors: University of Michigan Risk Science Center, University of Michigan Center for European Studies-European Union Center
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Synthetic Genomics: Options for Governance

Oct 26-27, 2009, 12:00 am EDT
1110 Weill Hall
STPP 2009 Fall Lecture Series Michele Garfinkel, Policy AnalystJ. Craig Venter Institute Commentator: William K. Hall, Adjunct Professor of Strategy, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan 4:00-5:30pm in the Betty Ford Classroom (1110 Weill Hall) at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. Co-Sponsors: University of Michigan Life Sciences and Society Program, and the University of Michigan Center for Ethics in Public Life.
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Science and Technology Investments and Policy in the Obama Administration

Nov 9, 2009, 4:00-5:30 pm EST
1110 Weill Hall
STPP 2009 Fall Lecture Series Kei Koizumi, Assistant Director for Federal Research and Development, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President Commentator: Jason Owen-Smith, Associate Professor, Sociology & Organizational Studies, University of Michigan 4:00-5:30pm in the Betty Ford Classroom (1110 Weill Hall) at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. Co-Sponsors: University of Michigan Office of the Vice President for Research, University of Michigan College of Engineering.
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Bioequivalence: The Regulatory Careers of a Medical Concept

Dec 7, 2009, 4:00-5:30 pm EST
1110 Weill Hall
STPP 2009 Fall Lecture Series Daniel Carpenter, Freed Professor of Government and Director, Center for American Political Studies, Harvard University Commentator: Rebecca S. Eisenberg, Robert and Barbara Luciano Professor of Law, University of Michigan 4:00-5:30pm in the Betty Ford Classroom (1110 Weill Hall) at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. Co-Sponsors: University of Michigan School of Public Health, University of Michigan Department of Political Science, and the University of Michigan Robert Wood Johnson Scholars in Health Policy Research Program.
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Nanomaterials: Science and Policy

Jan 12, 2009, 4:00-5:30 pm EST
1110 Weill Hall
STPP 2009 Winter Lecture Series Jennifer SassSenior Scientist, Natural Resources Defense Council Commentary by :Mark Banaszak Holl, Professor of Chemistry & Macromolecular Science & Engineering Michigan Nanotechnology Institute for Medicine & Biological SciencesUniversity of Michigan Co-Sponsored by the University of Michigan Risk Science Center 4:00-5:30pm in the Betty Ford Classroom (1110 Weill Hall) at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.
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Dangerous Excursions : A New Era of DNA Collection and its Implications on Civil Liberties

Feb 16, 2009, 4:00-5:30 pm EST
1110 Weill Hall
STPP 2009 Winter Lecture Series Tania SimoncelliScience Advisor, American Civil Liberties Union Commentator: Eve Brensike Primus, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School Co-Sponsored by the University of Michigan Life Sciences and Society Program 4:00-5:30pm in the Betty Ford Classroom (1110 Weill Hall) at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.
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Bangalored! The Making of Asia's Newest World City

Sep 22, 2008, 4:00-5:30 pm EDT
Michael GoldmanAssociate Professor of Sociology, University of Minnesota Commentary by Jonathan Levine, Professor and Chair of the Urban & Regional Planning Program, University of Michigan Department of Urban and Regional Planning. Co-Sponsored by the University of Michigan School of Information 4:00-5:30pm in the Betty Ford Classroom (1110 Weill Hall) at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.
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The Policy and Politics of Science and Technology on Capitol Hill

Jan 28, 2008, 4:00 am-5:30 pm EST
Tind Shepper RyenProfessional Staff, Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives Commentator: Richard Hall, Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan Co-Sponsored by the University of Michigan Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences 4:00-5:30pm in the Betty Ford Classroom (1110 Weill Hall) at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.
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Governing Man and Beast: Scientific Knowledge and the Management of Populations

Mar 3, 2008, 4:00-5:30 pm EST
Paul EricksonPostdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program Commentator: Carl Simon, Director of the Center for the Study of Complex Systems and Professor of Mathematics, Economics, and Public Policy, University of Michigan Co-Sponsored by the University of Michigan Science, Technology, & Society Program 4:00-5:30pm in the Betty Ford Classroom (1110 Weill Hall) at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.
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