Emerging Technology Policy

Kuzma Team Photo Professor Jennifer Kuzma leads the center's emerging technologies research group. The group focuses on such issues as nanotechnology and synthetic biology.

Current Projects

How Small is Small Enough?: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach to Defining "Nano" for Research, Society, and Regulation
Food Policy Research Center
Ethical Expectations for Social Robots: A Cross-Sector Exploration
Precise Engineering of Plant Genomes using Zinc Finger Nucleases: Societal implications (Kuzma lead)
Women in S&T Policy
Public/Expert Boundary Work in Environmental Risk Management: The Emerald Ash
What Constitutes Risk Assessment for Emerging Technologies?
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Blood Products Advisory Committee
Resident Fellow: Collaborative Systems Modeling
Risk Analysis for Introduced Species and Genotypes, Interdisciplinary Graduate Education and Research Training Grant (IGERT)

Other Emerging Technology Projects in the STEP Area:

New Energy Technology Evaluation