David H. Guston

Senior Sustainability Scientist, Global Institute of Sustainability
Professor, School of Politics and Global Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Director, Center for Nanotechnology in Society
Co-Director, Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

School of Politics and Global Studies
Arizona State University
PO Box 875603
Tempe, AZ 85287

Phone: 480-727-8829
Fax: 480-727-8791
Email: david.guston@asu.edu

Biography

Dr. Guston is professor of political science and co-director of the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes at Arizona State University. He is Principal Investigator and Director of the Center for Nanotechnology in Society at Arizona State University. CNS-ASU is a National Science Foundation-funded Nano-scale Science and Engineering Center (NSF # 0531194; $6.2M over five years) dedicated to studying the societal implications of nanoscale science and engineering research and improving the societal outcomes of nanotechnologies through enhancing the societal capacity to understand and make informed choices. He teaches course in governing emerging technologies, policy process and public policy.

Selected Publications

Barben, D., E. Fisher, C. L. Selin, and D. H. Guston, 2008. Anticipatory Governance of Nanotechnology: Foresight, Engagement, and Integration. The New Handbook of Science and Technology Studies. MIT Press.

Scheufele, D. A., E. Corley, S. Dunwoody, T. Shih, E. Hillback, and D. H. Guston. 2007. Nanotechnology: Scientists Worry About Some Risks More Than the General Public. Nature Nanotechnology.

Guston, D. H. 2007. Nanoscale: Issues and Perspectives for the Nano Century. John Wiley and Sons.

Guston, D. H. 2007. Toward Centres for Responsible Innovation in the Commercialized University. Public Science in Liberal Democracy: The Challenge to Science and Democracy. University of Toronto Press.

Miller, C. A., D. H. Guston, D. Barben, J. M. Wetmore, C. L. Selin, and E. Fisher. 2007. Nanotechnology and Society: Ideas for Education and Public Engagement Center for Nanotechnology in Society at ASU.

Guston, D. H, J. Parsi, and J. R. Tosi. 2007. Anticipating the Ethical and Political Challenges of Human Nanotechnologies. Nanoethics: Examining the Societal Implications of Nanotechnology. John Wiley and Sons.

Expertise

policy analysis; governance; nanotechnology; emerging technologies; boundary spanning organizations;

Courses

POS 426: Elements of Public Policy
POS 598: Governing Emerging Technologies
BIO 598: The Role of Experts in the Policy Process

Education

Ph.D., Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993
A.B., Technology and Society (with Honors), Yale University, 1987

Journal Articles

Wender, B., R. W. Foley, T. Seager, D. H. Guston and A. Wiek. In press. Anticipatory governance and anticipatory life-cycle assessment of single wall carbon nanotube anode lithium ion batteries. Journal of Nanotechnology Law and Business.

Wiek, A., R. W. Foley and D. Guston. 2012. Nanotechnology for sustainability—what are the opportunities and what are the limitations?. Journal of Nanoparticle Research 14:1093-1112.