Workshop Agenda

TUESDAY 12 MAY

9:00

Meet in Hotel lobby to walk to Norwegian Research Council

9:30

Welcome, Overview
Merle Jacob
Roger Pielke, Jr.

9:45

5 minute introductions

12:00

Lunch

13:00

SESSION I: WHAT DO POLICY MAKERS WANT?
(* a maximum of 10 minutes for comments)

Moderator: Shep Ryen, Arizona State Univ., Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes

• Jack Marburger, former Presidential Science Advisor (2001-2009)

• Michael Rodemeyer, University of Virginia

• Stian Nygaard, Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the Learning Economy

• Representative, Ministry of Education and Research

15:00

Coffee

15:30

SESSION II: WHAT DO RESEARCHERS CONTRIBUTE?
(* a maximum of 10 minutes for comments)

Moderator: Ingrid Weie Ytreland, Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture

• Claire McInerney, Rutgers University

• Kai Larsen, University of Colorado

• Barry Bozeman, University of Georgia

• Per Koch, Norwegian Research Council

17:30

Wrap Up

Dinner on own

WEDNESDAY 13 MAY

9:00

SESSION III: ORGANIZATIONS AT THE INTERFACE
(* a maximum of 10 minutes for comments)

Moderator: Merle Jacob, Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture, Univ. of Oslo

• Deborah Stine, Congressional Research Service

• Steve Rayner, Oxford Institute for Science, Innovation, and Society

• Magnus Guldbrandsen, NIFU STEP

10:30

Coffee

11:00

SESSION IV: RESEARCH ON RESEARCH
(* a maximum of 10 minutes for comments)

Moderator: Monica Gaughan, University of Georgia

• J. Britt Holbrook, University of North Texas

• Eva Lövbrand, Linköping University

• Roger Strand, University of Bergen

• Goran Sundquist, Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture, Univ. of Oslo

12:30

Lunch

13:30

SESSION V: CASE I, INNOVATION AND SCIENCE POLICY
(* a maximum of 10 minutes for comments)

Moderator: Eli Moen, BI Norwegian School of Management

• Nathaniel Logar, Arizona State University

• Shobita Parthasarathy, University of Michigan

• Shali Mohleji, University of Colorado

• Merle Jacob, Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture, University of Oslo

15:15

Coffee

15:45

SESSION VI: CASE II, ENERGY/CLIMATE POLICY
(* a maximum of 10 minutes for comments)

Moderator: Roger Pielke, Jr., University of Colorado

• Suraje Dessai, University of Exeter

• Elizabeth McNie, Purdue University

• Marianne Ryghaug, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

17:30

Wrap up

Group Dinner at Lofoten Fiskerestaurant, on Aker Brygge, Stranden 75 (Ph: 22 83 08 08)

THURSDAY 14 MAY

9:00

SUMMARY REFLECTIVE PERSPECTIVES AND DISCUSSION
(10 minutes each)

• Barry Bozeman, University of Georgia

• Steve Rayner, James Martin Institute, Saïd Business School

• Per Koch, Norwegian Research Council

10:15

Coffee

10:45

PLENARY DISCUSSION

Moderators: Merle Jacob and Roger Pielke, Jr.

How well do science policy researchers meet the needs of science policy decision makers?

Lessons for improving connections?

What next?

12:15

Adjourn