WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER, 2 - Society for Social Studies of Science

Thursday
The Role of Scientists in Science and Technology Decision‐making
in China: A Case Study on China’s National R&D Programs. Qiang
Zhi, School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua
University; Peng RU, School of Public Policy and Management,
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China; Jun Su, School of Public Policy
and Management, Tsinghua University
How Do We Understand Avian Flu Epidemics?: Science and
Policymaking. Yu‐Ju Chien, University of Minnesota
Toward the Integrity of Science in Policymaking: An International
Comparison. Yasushi Sato, Japan Science and Technology
Agency; Tateo Arimoto, Japan Science and Technology Agency
Chair:
Yasushi Sato, Japan Science and Technology Agency
057. Expertise and Climate Change
1:30 to 3:00 pm
Crowne Plaza: Van Sweringen
Participants:
Expertise in Climate Change: The Case of Paleoceanography. Tiago
R Duarte, Cardiff University
Factors Influencing Support for Climate Change Policy among Elite
Legislators: A Case Study of the Peruvian Congress. Bruno
Takahashi, SUNY ESF; Mark Meisner, SUNY ESF
Physicists in the US, Geologists in India: Interdisciplinary Climate
Change and Uncertainty in Science. Tahereh Saheb, Rensselear
Polytechnic Institute
The Swedish Political Debate on Climate Change and the Discourse
of Industrial Fatalism. Per Gyberg, Linköping university; Jonas
Anshelm, Linköping University
“Blessing the Facts”: Finding Trusted Messengers for Climate