A Call for Scientific Leadership — DC Journal
In a compelling call for scientific leadership, Aaron F. Mertz, Executive Director of Science and Society at the Aspen Institute, highlights a challenge facing American science. A recent collaborative study reveals growing concerns about anti-science rhetoric and the critical need to reinvest in STEM education, research, and evidence-based policymaking.
Renée Fleming Neuroarts Investigator Awards
NeuroArts Blueprint
The Renée Fleming Foundation in partnership with the NeuroArts Blueprint Initiative is offering year two of the Renée Fleming Neuroarts Investigator Awards. The Awards support innovative and collaborative research by early career researchers, designed to expand the evidence base of the emerging field of neuroarts and further the mission of the Neuroarts Blueprint Initiative. The mission of the NeuroArts Blueprint is to ensure the arts — and their use in all their many forms — become part of mainstream medicine and public health.
Science at the Ballot Box Magazine
Science & Society
Dr. Aaron F. Mertz, Executive Director of Science & Society at The Aspen Institute, shares another weekly article release from his “Science at the Ballot Box” series, a collaboration with Nautilus magazine examining critical issues in science policy in the lead-up to Election Day 2024.
Science & Society Program Youth Initiative “Our Future Is Science” named winner in Global Science Engagement Competition
Science & Society
The Aspen Institute Science & Society Program’s Our Future Is Science (OFIS) initiative has been selected as one of 20 global Winners in the annual Falling Walls Foundation competition to identify scientific breakthroughs of the year. Through a competitive process adjudicated by an Advisory Board, OFIS was judged out of 136 applications from 54 countries in the Science Engagement category which this year has a special focus on climate change and adaptation.
Tactics for Trust: A Practitioner’s Playbook for Building Public Trust in Science and Other Domains
Science & Society
The third installment in Science & Society’s publication series on public trust in science, this text represents an actionable summary from a diverse group of multi-sector trustbuilders to foster a candid, open conversation around the tactics that make up an effective trustbuilder’s toolkit in science and more broadly.
What did I find at the Aspen Ideas Festival? A lot of inspiration and hope
Aspen Ideas Health
Dr. Fred Pelzman shares his experiences attending Aspen Ideas Health, and enjoying some time in the Rocky Mountains.
