SLIS professor Katy Börner was actively involved in two workshops in Washington, DC from December 1-3, 2010. One was the Mapping the Structure and Evolution of Sustainability Science Workshop held at the AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Headquarters. The other was the Workshop on the Science of Science Measurement at the National Press Club. Details about the workshops and Börner's participation are included here.
1. Mapping the Structure and Evolution of Sustainability Science Workshop
Katy Börner and colleague Luís Bettencourt (Santa Fe Institute, and Los Alamos National Laboratory) were co-organizers of the workshop held on December 1, 2010 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the AAAS Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
"This workshop brings together sustainability science researchers, academic organizations, and agencies with initiatives in the field as well as data modeling, and visualization experts to discuss the development and structure in sustainability science research. Results from an NSF funded large-scale analysis of sustainability research will be presented that map the field in terms of its time evolution, geographic distribution, and disciplinary reach. We will also discuss current research trends and agency initiatives, disciplinary integration, education and policy connections." [Workshop Goals excerpt]
•PowerPoint Slides of Börner's talk Disciplinary Maps of Sustainability Science that was a part of the workshop.
2. Workshop on the Science of Science Measurement
This workshop was offered through the Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President. The goals of the workshop were to "connect science agencies with the frontier of current research on science measurement, and to inform science policy practitioners about very practical issues, such as:
- how to manage scientific portfolios in a more scientific manner;
- develop performance and outcome metrics;
- measure the return on investment; and
- use science to identify emerging trends in the U.S. scientific enterprise.
The scientific committee has invited top researchers to provide non-technical summaries of relevant research, and asked expert rapporteurs to provide operational syntheses." [Workshop Website]
Katy Börner and colleague Robin Wagner (National Institutes of Health) presented a talk titled "Introducing the Science of Science (Sci2) Tool to the Reporting Branch, Office of Extramural Research/Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health."
PowerPoint Slides for the Börner/Wagner talk.
The photo above is from this talk. There is a fish on the podium. Katy Börner explained that the fish was used to symbolize that this talk was arguing for providing tools (selling fishing rods) not only final results (fish) to agencies."
Posted December 15, 2010