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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…

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…

CSTEPS students continue impact after graduation at new institutions

Broadly, Camarena’s research focuses on aspects of representation and diversity in public and…

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…

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…

CSTEPS 2018-2019 Academic Year Annual Report

The CSTEPS continued to be an international thought-leader in research at the nexus of science,…

2019 Biosecurity Workshop

This event is in partnership with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Environmental Health and…

Ranking US city Websites 2010 & 2014

Municipal websites provide access to government information, offering greater benefit to citizens…

CSTEPS - Our first two years

Our work focuses on the study of science as a social phenomenon—science as the core of things that…

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…

Avoidance, compliance, and social networks: How scientists navigate policy regulations

Gabel Taggart, Eric Welch, Michael Siciliano and Mary Feeney presented at Midwest Political Science…

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…

Workshop: Using Network Analysis to Evaluate Team Science

Dr. Welch, Dr. Feeney, and Dr. Michael Siciliano will be presenting a workshop titled Using …

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

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:…

Workshop on genetic resources exchange

On April, 25th – 26th C-STEPS hosted researchers from the International Food Policy Research…

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…

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 …

Private Governance in Transnational Climate Governance

Dr. Lily Hsueh has begun work on a newly funded project by NOAA to examine how the implementation…

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…