Jorge Nuñez and Courtney McClellan will discuss the film El Panóptico Ciego as part of the Behind Walls, Beyond Discipline: Science, Technology, and the Carceral State webinar series.
The remote watch party for El Panóptico Ciego is part of the Behind Walls, Beyond Discipline: Science, Technology, and the Carceral State webinar series. Q&A to follow.
Kelly Gates, Anthony Ryan Hatch, Jorge Nuñez, and chair Heather Thompson comprise the second panel of the Behind Walls, Beyond Discipline: Science, Technology, and the Carceral State webinar series.
Lindsay Smith, Andrea Quinlan, Cristina Mejia Visperas, and Melissa Burch will comprise the first panel of the Behind Walls, Beyond Discipline: Science, Technology, and the Carceral State webinar series.
Keith Breckenridge (University of Witwatersrand) will deliver the opening keynote of the Behind Walls, Beyond Discipline: Science, Technology, and the Carceral State webinar series.
Join IEDP for a conversation with Nanjala Nyabola and Shobita Parthasarathy, as they discuss the implications of our digital era on politics and policy in Kenya.
Darshan Karwat, asst. professor, School for the Future of Innovation in Society, Arizona State University & Tony Reames, asst. professor, School of Environment & Sustainability discuss sustainability, social justice, and public policy.
Join the Science, Technology, and Public Policy program for a discussion with Melvin Washington (MPP '18). This alumni webinar is open to all Ford School students.
A conversation with Dr. Lisa D. Cook, professor of economics and international relations at Michigan State University, on the connections between economics, diversity, and innovation.
Ben Green, assistant professor of public policy, and Shobita Parthasarathy, professor of public policy and director of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy program, discuss the social and policy impacts of algorithms in government.
Erin Simpson, Associate Director of Technology Policy at the Center for American Progress, will join STPP for a conversation about digital contact tracing and privacy during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Osagie K. Obasogie is the Haas Distinguished Chair and Professor of Bioethics at the University of California, Berkeley, in the Joint Medical Program and School of Public Health.
Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation Lecture Series,
Policy Talks @ the Ford School,
STPP Lecture Series
In this conversation, Paul Abbate, Associate Deputy Director of the FBI, and David Levy, Vice President of Amazon Web Services, will discuss some of the challenges in addressing current cybersecurity threats, formulating policy, and calibrating responses.
Priti Krishtel is a 15-year veteran of the global access to medicines movement. In 2006, she co-founded I-MAK, a nonprofit that works to combat the rising cost of prescription drugs by re-imagining the patent system so that people can get the lifesaving medicine they need.
CLOSUP Lecture Series,
Policy Talks @ the Ford School
Join us to hear Christopher Hart, former Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board discuss opportunities of autonomous vehicles and the challenges they present to federal, state and local governments.
Christopher Calabrese, Vice President for Policy at the Center for Democracy & Technology will discuss the pros and cons of facial recognition technology, how it is changing many aspects of our lives, and how policymakers should address it.
The Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) program is devoted to interdisciplinary research and teaching on the politics and processes of science and technology policymaking. STPP seeks to improve understanding, analysis, and intervention in...
Drawing on an interdisciplinary social science literature, this course introduces theories and methodologies for science and technology policy analysis and familiarizes students with the landscape of science and technology policymaking in the US...
New York Times technology reporter Kashmir Hill and Shobita Parthasarathy explore the intersection of technology and privacy, addressing some of today's most salient issues. October, 2024.
A wide-ranging discussion with technologist Alondra Nelson, reflecting on her time in the White House, her role as a social scientist involved in shaping science and technology (and particularly AI), her insights into the policy process, and speci
This panel explored the issues in dispute and focused on the challenges yet to be solved among (aspiring) lawyers, policymakers, and technologists who seek to better engage with questions of fair algorithms. December, 2022.
Kade Crockford, the director of the Technology for Liberty Program at the ACLU of Massachusetts, discusses technology, surveillance and civil liberties with the Science, Technology, and Public Policy program (STPP). October, 2022.
Former assistant director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Kumar Garg and director of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy program Shobita Parthasarathy discuss deploying science, technology, and data for the p
Learn about the student experience in the University of Michigan's unique graduate certificate program in Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP), based at the Ford School of Public Policy.
