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CSTEPS receives NSF RAPID grant to study COVID-19 impact on data sharing and collaboration
CSTEPS research focuses on timely science and technology policy issues on a global scale. Several…
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New Publication: The impacts of foreignness and cultural distance on commercialization of patents
Current CSTEPS PhD student, Heyjie Jung (pictured), CSTEPS Director, Dr. Eric Welch, and CSTEPS…
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CSTEPS students continue impact after graduation at new institutions
Broadly, Camarena’s research focuses on aspects of representation and diversity in public and…
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New Publication: Towards more digital cities? Change in technology use and perceptions across small and medium-sized US cities
CSTEPS Associate Director, Dr. Mary Feeney, current PhD students, Fengxiu Zhang and Leonor Camarena…
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CSTEPS Work Highlighted at ASU Biodiversity Data Science Workshop
CSTEPS Director, Dr. Eric Welch will be participating in a workshop that aims to identify emerging…
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CSTEPS 2018-2019 Academic Year Annual Report
The CSTEPS continued to be an international thought-leader in research at the nexus of science,…
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2019 Biosecurity Workshop
This event is in partnership with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Environmental Health and…
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Ranking US city Websites 2010 & 2014
Municipal websites provide access to government information, offering greater benefit to citizens…
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CSTEPS - Our first two years
Our work focuses on the study of science as a social phenomenon—science as the core of things that…
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School of Public Affairs: Liza Gashi'16
Liza Gashi has been working with CSTEPS for the past year. Liza graduated with a Masters in Public…
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Avoidance, compliance, and social networks: How scientists navigate policy regulations
Gabel Taggart, Eric Welch, Michael Siciliano and Mary Feeney presented at Midwest Political Science…
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Dr. Welch: Diffusing Global Policy on the Exchange and Use of Genetic Resources
Dr Eric Welch presented at Harvard-Yenching and SSK Conference on Human Rights and the…
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Workshop: Using Network Analysis to Evaluate Team Science
Dr. Welch, Dr. Feeney, and Dr. Michael Siciliano will be presenting a workshop titled Using …
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Dr. Mary K. Feeney: What is holding the United States back?
Dr. Feeney has been invited by the Copenhagen Business School to present a keynote address
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E-Government in U.S. Cities: Enabling Participation or Reinforcing Tradition
Dr. Adrian Brown successfully defended her dissertation titled "E-Government in U.S. Cities:…
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Workshop on genetic resources exchange
On April, 25th – 26th C-STEPS hosted researchers from the International Food Policy Research…
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DivSeek, designing and managing large scale collaborative initiatives in genomics
In March 2016, C-STEPS completed a report on governance structures and principles to design and…
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Cap and Trade Policies (Catch Shares) in Ocean and Marine Resources
Dr. Lily Hsueh has begun work on a newly funded project by NOAA to examine how the …
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Private Governance in Transnational Climate Governance
Dr. Lily Hsueh has begun work on a newly funded project by NOAA to examine how the implementation…
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Contested Resource Inputs to Science: How Institutional Provisions on the Access and Use of Materials and Data Affect Research Collaboration Structures and Outcomes
This NSF-funded project seeks to understand how scientists react to regulations and barriers that…
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Transit Agency Adaptation to Extreme Weather Events: Cataloging and Modeling Decisions and Behaviors
The CSTEPS research team - Eric Welch, Mary Feeney, Qing Miao, and Fengxiu Zhang - is working on a…