These weekly notes are designed as questions on the weekly topic, to which the students must write their response papers.
LEC # | TOPICS |
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Part I: What is Science? | |
1 | Introduction to the Course (PDF) |
2 | The Policy Process and the Political Debate Over “Sound Science” (PDF) |
3 | The Scientific Method and the Production of Scientific Knowledge (PDF) |
4 | Environmental (Regulatory) Science, Experts, and Expertise (PDF) |
Part II: How is Science Filtered Through the Policy Process? | |
5 | Environmental Advocacy: Using Science to Define Problems (PDF) |
6 | Media Coverage of Science and Environmental Risk (PDF) |
7 | The Public’s Perception of Science and Environmental Risk (PDF) |
8 | Science in Legislative Decision Making (PDF) |
9 | Science in Administrative and Judicial Decision Making (PDF) |
10 | Science in the International Arena (PDF) |
11 | Advocacy Science vs. Collaborative Science (PDF) |
12 | Local Knowledge (PDF) |
13 | Uncertainty, Adaptive Management and the Precautionary Principle (PDF) |