IRG 1Origins, Institutions,

and Communities

IRG 2Globalization

and Nanotechnology

IRG 3Nano Risk

Perception and Social Response

Center for Nanotechnology in Society at University of California, Santa Barbara(NSEC # SES 0938099)

PIs: Barbara Herr Harthorn, Richard P. Appelbaum, Craig Hawker, W. Patrick McCrayUniversity of California, Santa Barbara

CNS Mission

Examine the emergence and societal implications of nanotechnologies with a focus on the global human condition in a time of sustained technological innovation. Support the socially equitable and environmentally sustainable development of nanotechnologies in the US and around the globe.

Research Objectives

• Develop a portfolio of integrated multi-method research on nanoscience/nanotechnologies in dynamic interaction with society, from invention to global distribution, and lab to consumer to environment;

• Provide interdisciplinary training for a new generation of societally-attuned scientists and science-aware social scientists;

• Identify and dialogue with a wide array of public, media, government, NGO, and private sector constituents;

• Serve as a network hub in the emerging national and international network of scholars and activists concerned with nanotechnology in society.

INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL COLLABORATIONS

United States• Chemical Heritage

Foundation • Duke University • New York University• Quinnipiac University• Rice University • SUNY Levin Institute• SUNY New Paltz• UC Davis• UC Los Angeles• Univ of South Carolina• Univ of Wisconsin, Madison

International• Beijing Institute of Tech., China • Cardiff University, Wales, UK • Centre National de la

Recherché Scientifique, France• Univ Autónoma de Zacatecas,

Mexico • Univ. of British Columbia, CA• Univ of East Anglia, UK • Univ. of Edinburgh, UK

http://cns.ucsb.edu

Cross-IRG Tools, Activities and Strategic Topics• :Fall and Rise of [Nano]Solar Energy, book project by Sr. Researcher C. Newfield • “States of Innovation” Workshop, Lyon, France Apr 28-30, 2010• Web-based clearinghouse on innovation• The Social Life of Nanotechnology edited volume in progress • Nanotechnology & Risk Perception (special edition of Risk Analysis in preparation)• Emerging Technologies/Emerging Economies: (Nano)technology for Equitable Development edited volume in progress (Routledge)• Spatial analysis tools and new spatial-focused postdoctoral scholar

IRG 1Origins, Institutions, and Communities

McCray’s group, with collaborators at Rice Univ., Chemical Heritage Foundation and NYU, is producing a comprehensive and holistic narrative of nanotech’s trajectory, which will be accessible, valuable and relevant to historians, scientists, engineers, and policy makers.

• Nanoelectronics and the Pacific Rim

•The Nano-Bio Interface

•Institutions of Interdisciplinarity

•Pioneers of Nanotechnology Oral History Project

•Nanotechnology and Energy Policy

•EHS Issues in Policy, Public and Press

IRG 3Nano Risk Perception and Social Response

Harthorn’s group, with lead collaborators at Cardiff Univ, Univ of British Columbia, Lehigh Univ, and Decision Research, studies nanotech risk perception among experts and publics; media framing of nano risks; and methods for engaging diverse US publics in upstream deliberation about new technologies in society.

• Emergent Public Perceptions of Benefits and Risks

• Experts’ Views on Benefits and Risks of ENMs and Technologies

• Public Deliberation about Nanotechnology R&D

• Response to News and Nano Products

CNS Tools for Outreach & Engagement Speakers series Nano-Meeter (science café)Website Newsletters Conferences and Workshops Public PresentationsBlog Podcasts NanoDays community events Distribution DatabaseWeekly Clips Media outreachPolicy Presentations

Formal Education • Interdisciplinary Research & Training Opportunities for Undergraduate and

Graduate Students - Graduate Research Fellowships in Social Science and Science & Engineering - 8-week Summer Undergraduate Research Internships (community college & UCSB students)• Publications, professional development, travel funds, public engagement• Mentoring & training for Postdoctoral Scholars• Curricula: CNS Seminar; 17 courses with CNS content; NSF awards with campus

partners for course development at community college and UCSB• Exceeding diversity goals for student participants

Education and Engagement/Outreach programs at CNS-UCSB nurture an interdisciplinary community of nano scientists & engineers (NSE), social scientists, and educators, and achieve broader impacts through engagement of diverse audiences in dialogue about nanotechnology and society.

Faculty PI

Soc SciFellow

Sci/Engr Fellow

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Connections between CNS and campus/local entities

IRG 2Globalization and Nanotechnology

Appelbaum’s group develops a comprehensive understanding of nanoscale R&D and commercialization in China; national nanotechnology policy in Korea, Japan, and the U.S; and the role of multicountry collaborations in high- impact research and commercial innovation.

• China’s Industrial Policy: Support for Developmental State

• Japanese Nanotechnology: University-Industry Collaboration

• Globalization, Innovation and the International Mobility of Scientific Talent: The Case of Nanotechnology

• Drivers of Nano commercialization in China: Patent Analysis