FOSEP-UW seminar: Science for Policy vs. Policy for Science

Science for Policy vs. Policy for Science

Dahlia Sokolov, PhD
Democratic Staff Director -  Research and Science Education Subcommittee, U.S. House of Representatives

Location:  Foege N130, UW campus, Seattle
Date: Friday, January 13, 2012
Time: 4:00pm

Science policy can be separated into two mostly distinct categories: advocacy for policies and budgets that directly affect the scientific enterprise itself; and advocacy for the inclusion of scientific data and understanding in decision making on the full range of policies affecting health, environment, energy, national security, and other major issues before our country and the world.  Or to simplify, policy for science and science for policy.  How do federal lawmakers think about and set policies and budgets for academic research, strings and all; and what is the relationship between budgets and policies for applied energy R&D and broader energy policy debates? 

Dahlia Sokolov is the Democratic Staff Director for the Research and Science Education Subcommittee of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.  In this role, Dahlia advises committee members on oversight of the National Science Foundation, STEM education across the federal government, international science cooperation, and major interagency research initiatives such as the National Nanotechnology Initiative.  She has a Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the University of Washington and a B.S. in Engineering Physics from U.C. Berkeley.