Welcome to the ISSP!
Science and technology continue to accelerate and change the world around us. Combined with the almost unimaginable opportunities for the future comes uncertainty on how society can adapt and how risks can be managed.
The Institute for Science, Society and Policy (ISSP), started in 2010, builds capacity on this topic through research, education, and outreach.
The ISSP is managed by a multidisciplinary group of professors from the faculties of Arts, Engineering, Law, Management, Medicine, Science and Social Science.
Our activities span science and innovation policy, evidence-based decision-making, and technology governance. We address issues from the funding of the S&T enterprise, through its regulatory oversight to its social implications.
News
The University of Ottawa and the ISSP invite applications for a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in history of science and technology policy. Follow this link for more details.
Save the Date!
The Hon. Konrad W. von Finckenstein, Q.C.
Arbitrator and Mediator, JAMS
January 23, 2014, 5:00-6:00pm
Faculty of Social Sciences Building, University of Ottawa, 120 University Private, Room 4007
Free. In English. Register now!
Reception to follow talk.
The Innovation Decalogue was launched in October 2013. Initially endorsed by eleven leaders in the Canadian innovation community, the document is now open for public endorsement!
Initiatives
Sincerest thanks to all participants at Science and Society 2013: Emerging Agendas for Citizens and the Sciences.
One of many highlights included stage readings of excerpts from Michael Frayn's Tony Award-winning play Copenhagen, with audience participation and panel discussion by Shohini Ghose (uWilfrid Laurier), Ted Hsu (MP), and Robert Smith (uAlberta).
Stay tuned for the results document from the symposium that is now being drafted!
