open.substack.com/pub/mahmudfa... Going mainstream has a cost. But staying outside has a cost too. What I learned from resisting capture but still trying to make a difference.

A Science Policy Outsider’s Theory of Change

Cracks in the Wall, Bridges Over Troubled Waters

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The latest issue TATuP is now available online: tatup.de/index.php/ta... In it, I have an editorial proposing that we reconnect the fields of Technological Forecasting and Technology Assessment through speculative fiction and public participation: tatup.de/index.php/ta...

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The Wrong Gatekeeper

Science needs democratic accountability, not political vetoes

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My latest co-authored article with @dietram.bsky.social, @farooquema.bsky.social, @almacristalhm.bsky.social + lots of folks I couldn't find on this platform explores how institutions and experts can productively respond to the populist challenge. Now live in @nature.com

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Can Philanthropy Save Public Science?

Perhaps, but it shouldn’t aim to bypass the public and become corporations by another name

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The next settlement between science and democracy will depend on whether we can build institutions capable of navigating a world where expertise and democratic engagement evolve together. The endless frontier was discovery; the next frontier is participation. cspo.org/the-next-fro...

Arizona State University researchers are empowering communities in efforts to solve the nation’s nuclear waste problem through constructive and speculative approaches to exploring what it means to live near such sites. news.asu.edu/20260218-sci...

ASU helps communities envision solutions for nuclear waste | ASU News

Nuclear energy is getting another look.With rising energy demand — driven in part by AI-related data centers — the United States is evaluating investment in nuclear power. It’s the largest source of z...

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Like the weather this week, a cold and concerned opening, but after four days of reconnecting, reflecting, & rekindling, a warm and hopeful ending at AGU annual meeting in New Orleans for Amanda Borth, Mara Karageozian & the Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes at Arizona State University team.

Two very different approaches to improving mathematics education by leading science agencies in France and the United States: CNRS starts by asking the users (people); National Science Foundation (NSF) begins by asking the providers (experts) www.cnrs.fr/en/node/12251 www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

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America @250: Redesigning the Scientific Enterprise — an expert and public consultation ASU center committed to advancing New American University’s model for science funding in US news.asu.edu/b/20251114-a...

We are now jumping from one Seinfeld episode to another www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Trump Takes Aim at Low-Pressure Showers With Executive Order

The president has signed an executive order rolling back a federal regulation he has blamed for poor water pressure.

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cspo.org/between-data... We tried ‘smart’ the last time and are now trying ‘dumb’ – both in the name of saving the Republic. The last one didn’t solve the feeling problem, and it’s doubtful this one would.

Between Data and Feelings - CSPO

We tried ‘smart’ the last time and are now trying ‘dumb’ – both in the name of saving the Republic. The last one didn’t solve the feeling problem, and it's doubtful this one would. So maybe the choice...

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CSPO Science, Policy Seminar Series with John Alic Thursday, March 20, 2025 9:00-10:30am ASU Washington DC Center RETHINKING TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT: POLICY SIGNAL VS NOISE www.eventbrite.com/e/rethinking...

The perennial answer to problems created by technology is always more technology! Solutions to problems created by algorithms are more algorithms. wapo.st/41O32xH

Opinion | Finally, something is puncturing conspiracy theories

Researchers have long struggled to combat conspiracy theories. Artificial Intelligence offers hope.

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The #Climate Conundrum: A #Public #Dialogue on the Role of #Carbon #Dioxide #Removal, Sat, Mar 29, 10:30am - 4:00pm, #SFU #Surrey Campus. Please share with your families, friends, and colleagues in the #Vancouver area! To be selected to participate, please apply at shorturl.at/ILgeu. $200 gift card.

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Asteroid Alert! What Would You Do?

How can engaging with citizens on planetary defense help NASA prepare for the (remote) possibility of an asteroid striking earth?

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This session at 2025 #aaasmtg featured three recent experiments in open frame public engagement design that starts with the "socio" instead of the "technical”—in the case of #autonomous #cars, #nuclear #waste #storage, and #fusion technology development. ecastnetwork.org/2025/02/16/o...

Open Framing Case Studies in Inclusive and Equitable Public Participation Design

2025 AAAS Annual Meeting Panel Saturday, February 15, 2025, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EST, Room 203 (Hynes Convention Center)- Amanda Borth & Mahmud Farooque (Co-organizers); David Tomblin (Moder…

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A tale of two 20-year-old cohorts, 15 years apart www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u... www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/m...

Just three cases of consequence making President Carter more relevant today than most President of recent memory.

“There's something happening here But what it is ain't exactly clear” www.nytimes.com/2024/12/24/w...

These Students Ousted a Government. Now They’re Rebuilding a Democracy. (Gift Article)

It is a daunting task for Bangladesh. But an unusual mix of young people and seasoned technocrats are determined to make the most of their opening.

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Vol. 33 No. 3 (2024): Material transitions in architecture and construction: Social implications, appropriation, and outcomes for sustainability www.tatup.de/index.php/ta...

That '90s show. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-...

The Secret Weapon Helping Businesses Get Results from AI: Humans

It turns out the latest machines need us as much as we need them.

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If you are attending AGU Fall Meeting, please join one or more of our listening sessions on #CDR #PublicEngagement to inform two #NSF funded efforts: Planning for a future global research center on #climate #intervention #technologies (CIT) & Building community capacity for marine CDR (mCDR) 1/.

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 2y ago

🧵 @bopplaurent.bsky.social and I were asked, "Should we think of the ocean as a climate solution?", our immediate reaction was that it's already one. Follow on to see why. We mainly talk about marine CO₂ removal (mCDR), but some of the intro stuff about the ocean should interest everyone. 🌊1/n

A gorgeous fall day to bike in DC’s Rock Creek trail

“Hen of the woods” mushrooms harvesting in our front yard

Carbon Removal Social [Science] October 03, 2024, 3:30pm—5:00pm Understanding and addressing the social dimensions of carbon removal can be a challenge. What have we learned so far? Come hear findings and insights from three research efforts and a panel conversation cspo.org/event/ntfa10...

Carbon Removal Social [Science] - CSPO

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I was “downgraded” to the “river view” rooms. They didn’t have the “city view” option available at the Royal Sonesta. My Saturday, Sep 28 morning view of the Museum of Science, Boston before the start of the public discussion forum on carbon removal www.mos.org/events/clima...

The Climate Conundrum: A Public Discussion on the Role of Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) Saturday, September 28, 2024, Museum of Science, Boston www.mos.org/events/clima...