Arthur Daemmrich, Director, Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes, and Professor of Practice, School for the Future Innovation in Society, in the Rob Walton College of Global Futures, co-authored a response with Robert Cook-Deegan to political theorist Zeynep Pamuk's Essay "How to Save Science", in the Boston Review. Their essay "Still Lost at the Frontier", examines how the United States should structure and govern public support for scientific research.
Responding to Zeynep Pamuk's argument about the future of public funded science, Daemmrich and Cook-Deegan argue that science has always been shaped by political choices. They point to several alternative approaches considered after World War II and make the case for a system that balances scientific autonomy with public accountability. Rather than eliminating the tension between those goals, they argue, the challenge is to build institutions that can manage it-giving scientists room to pursue knowledge while ensuring that elected officials and the public have meaningful roles in defining the purposes of public science.
Daemmrich offers the following acknowledgments:
Robert Cook-Deegan, Professor, School for the Future of Innovation in Society, in the Rob Walton College of Global Futures